Clyne Chapel

The Clyne Chapel, built in the 18th century, is aligned north-south and comprises a nave with an aisle and porch, and a lower chancel at the south end. The building is constructed of snecked, rock-faced stone with lighter freestone dressings, and has a slate roof with a gabled bellcote on the ridge between the nave and chancel. The architectural style is simple Perpendicular, although the tracery of the windows varies. The gable end of the chancel features a three-light window, large diagonal buttresses with large crocketed pinnacles, and cupped cresting with head-corbels along the eaves. An east-facing window is a two-light design, while the west side has a shorter window and a vestry set into the angle with the aisle. The nave’s east side has a three-light and a two-light window to the left of the gabled porch, and a square-headed window of two cusped lights to the right. The north end of the nave has a three-light window, and the excessively large stops of the hood mould are re-used Italianate grotesque heads and festoons. The diagonal buttresses and pinnacles are similar to those on the chancel. The aisle has a three-light window, two three-light square-headed windows, and a Gothic doorway. Steps lead down from the nave to two Gothic crypt doorways, which contain tombs marking the resting places of William Graham Vivian, Dulcie Charlotte Vivian, and Admiral Walker-Heneage-Vivian.

Inside, a three-bay nave arcade displays octagonal piers and arches with two orders of chamfer. The nave and chancel have boarded wagon roofs with embossed ribs, although the aisle has plainer roofs. The nave has a marble floor laid in a diaper pattern, while the chancel has an Italian mosaic floor. The chancel includes two sedilia beneath cusped arches. A small Italian marble font features an octagonal base and stem, and a round bowl with pendant finials. The wooden octagonal pulpit incorporates an inlaid sounding board, and is supported on pillars that are reportedly 15th-century Italian and originated in Rome. A wooden screen, possibly an organ case, stands in the south aisle, composed of gabled canopies over cusped two-centered arches, flanked by tall pinnacles and long, thin Gothic panels. The chancel has a pillar piscina with twin shafts with spiral foliage, and a rectangular basin carved with birds and beasts. The concave altar and altar rails, made of polychrome marble and brought from Sicily, are present in the chancel. A wall tablet dedicated to Admiral Walker-Heneage-Vivian (1871-1952), featuring a dog and pheasant in relief, is located to the left of the altar. A relief carving of the Transfiguration is positioned to the right of the altar. The chancel walls also feature additional mosaic panels, supposedly including a 13th-century panel from St. Bartholomew's in Rome.