Original sepia print of the interior of the Chapel at St Cross, Winchester looking east to the high altar, taken after the inital polychrome decorations had been carried out in the chancel by Butterfield in 1864-5, c. 1865

Photograph of the interior of St Cross Chapel, Winchester

Taken about 1865

The Chapel of St Cross was built to serve the Almshouse established by Henry de Blois in the 1130s, the main building work being completed by the late thirteenth century. This photograph shows the earliest Norman work at the east end dating from the mid-twelfth century with round window arches, zigzag decoration on the vaulting ribs and massive piers.

The image can be dated to about 1865 by the new Minton floor tiles and the polychrome decoration on the east wall which was carried out in 1864-5 by the architect William Butterfield.

The photograph was taken by Winchester photographer William Savage (1817-87) and is found in an album of his work.