St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle


  • Address: Castle Hill SL4
  • Vicinity: Lower Ward, Windsor Castle
  • Type: Church
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle is a stunning English Gothic royal chapel in the Lower Ward, long associated with the Order of the Garter and central to the ceremonial and religious life of the castle. Its fan-vaulted interior, choir stalls, and stained-glass program reflect centuries of royal patronage and periodic restoration. The King George VI Memorial Chapel serves as a significant funerary site, housing the Royal Vault and the tombs of monarchs including Henry VIII, Edward VII, George V and Elizabeth II As both a place of worship and a locus of royal commemoration, it remains one of the most architecturally and historically important buildings in England. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1547/02/16 Henry VIII of England In Memoriam Henry VIII is interred in a vault in St George's Chapel Windsor, alongside his third wife, Jane Seymour.
1801/00/00 Benjamin West Artist Benjamin West creates an altar painting depicting the Last Supper and various stained glass windows for George III's large-scale restoration of St George's Chapel, 1799-1801. All have been replace and since lost.
1820/02/12 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn In Memoriam The Duke of Kent is buried in the Royal Vault at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
1859/00/00 Henry Poole and Son Stonemasons Poole and Sons of Westminster are paid 657 pounds for rebuilding the gothic-style stonework and tracery of St George's East Window, including the lower ten angels on each side in the arch moulding, destroyed when the West's window was erected.
1910/05/20 Edward VII of England In Memoriam Edward VII is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition
1910/05/20 Theodore Roosevelt Mourner Edward VII is buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition
1939/00/00 William Reid Dick Artist Tomb of King George V, with effigies by William Reid Dick, is installed at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

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Particulars for St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle:
Area of Significance Architecture
Sight Category Building
Architectural Feature Ceiling
Historic Use Chapel
Furnishing Choir Stall
Building Type Church
Architectural Style English Gothic
Structure Fan Vault
Category for Historic Use Funerary
Architectural Style Gothic
Funerary Grave, burial
Area of Significance Interior Design
Criteria Person
Historic Use Religious Property
Royal Attribute Royal
Building Attribute Stained Glass




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