Pusey House Chapel, Oxford

Pusey House Chapel, Oxford

Pusey House Chapel stands alongside Pusey House on Saint Giles’ and is described as one of the loveliest chapels in Oxford.

The house was built in 1884 as a memorial to Edward Pusey, who was a Regius Professor of Hebrew for 46 years and one of the leaders of the Oxford movement. Pusey’s personal library is housed here. The house functions as a religious institution to promote religious life at the University and continues to further Pusey’s beliefs of Anglo-Catholicism.

In 1911 three houses alongside Pusey House were bought and rebuilt to house the Chapel, which is very beautiful, but not really a tourist attraction as it is a working church, although everyone is welcome to visit.

The chapel was designed by Temple Moore in the late Gothic style, with the large east window by Sir Ninian Comper in 1936. Sir Ninian also created the magnificent ciborium over the altar of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. It is considered an example of his best work.

The main chapel is used for daily services where offices are chanted and mass held every day, with music and great ceremony on Sundays. A smaller chapel on the east side is separated from the main chapel by an ornate stone roodscreen.

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Sight Name: Pusey House Chapel
Sight Location: Oxford, England (See walking tours in Oxford)
Sight Type: Religious

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