Churches & Chapels
St. Paul's Cathedral, London
Dominating the London skyline with its magnificent dome, St Paul’s Cathedral stands as one of Britain’s greatest architectural achievements.
Designed by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London in 1666, the cathedral rose from the ashes of medieval London and became a symbol of renewal and resilience.
Its vast dome, inspired partly by St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, was an engineering marvel of its age and remains one of the most recognisable features of the capital.
Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire
Titchfield Abbey began life in the 13th century as a monastery founded for the Premonstratensian canons, a religious order devoted to prayer, study and community life.
Nestled in the Hampshire countryside, the abbey flourished for centuries before the upheaval of Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s brought monastic life to an abrupt end.
Rather than being abandoned entirely, the buildings were transformed into a grand Tudor mansion by Thomas Wriothesley, one of Henry VIII’s most powerful advisers.
Netley Chapel, Hampshire
Originally built as part of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, this striking chapel is all that remains of what was once the largest military hospital in the world.
Opened in 1863 beside Southampton Water, the hospital was commissioned to care for wounded soldiers returning from conflicts across the British Empire, including the Crimean War. Its vast wards stretched for nearly a quarter of a mile, earning both admiration and criticism for their scale and design.
When the hospital was demolished in the 1960s, public outcry led to the preservation of the chapel, which still stands today as a powerful memorial to those who served.