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Chapel Centenary begins Year of Celebrations
| On 11th October, the Octave of the tradional Dedication Festival, the community gathered for a Mass of Thanksgiving for the completion of the chapel and a Solemn Evensong and Te Deum. |
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The Warden preached at the Eucharist, referring to the three representations of Christ in the sanctuary.
To read the full text of his address, click here.
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The beautiful Upper Chapel was built in stages. Initially, a temporary "east wall" was built at the end of the present nave, and the dedication service took place on the Eve of St Barnabas' Day in 1902.
The splendid Kempe window which dominates the chapel was inserted into the temporary wall in 1906.
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The chapel was not completed until 1909, when the second phase of building began. By then there had been a change of architect and the work was designed by John Oldrid Scott, grandson of George Gilbert Scott. Scott's plan extended the chapel to its full size, adding the present sanctuary (above) over a porte-cochère and relocating the Kempe window in the new "east wall".
The front of the altar incorporates painted panels of Christ enthroned in glory (left) surrounded by worshipping angels playing musical instruments.
The sanctuary is completed with a relief panel depicting St Barnabas, the "Son of Consolation" (right). |
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| Further celebrations took place throughout the coming months, culminating in the 2010 Patronal Festival, at which the preacher was the Bishop of Oxford and the after-dinner speaker was the Dean of Canterbury. |
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