King's College Chapel

The collegiate chapel belonging to King's College is located on the Strand Campus. It is maintained in the neo-Renaissance style. You can see an apse in it, which is a copy of one of Salviati's mosaics, depicting Christ surrounded by angels. On both sides of the arch there are fancy vertical panels, on which characters with scrolls can be seen, inscribed in the motto of King's College and other Christian inscriptions.

The original college chapel was built by Sir Robert Smirke in 1831. It was to be an integral part of the campus, which is reflected in its central location on the first floor above the Great Hall. A large double staircase with a foyer leads to it. Although no images have survived, the original chapel was described as a low and wide hall "matching the ecclesiological concepts of the reign of George IV". In 1864, it was rebuilt in the neo-Renaissance style by the outstanding Victorian Gothic architect Sir George Gilbert Scott.