Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere
Sandham Memorial Chapel

Sandham Memorial Chapel

Highclere Castle

A small brick chapel whose walls are covered by Stanley Spencer's First World War murals.

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ChurchTime here: 30 min – 1 h

On the map

Harts Lane, Burghclere, RG20 9JT

Quick facts

Stanley Spencer painted seventeen murals here between 1926 and 1932, drawing on his own service as a medical orderly in the First World War.

The chapel was built by John and Mary Behrend as a memorial to Mary's brother, Lieutenant Henry Sandham.

It is a Grade I listed building run by the National Trust, and opens only on selected days.

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