Last week we took a trip out to visit the beautiful Watts Chapel in Compton, Surrey, just a stones throw from Guildford.
This exquisite little Art Nouveau chapel was designed by Mary Watts for her husband George Frederick Watts, the renowned Victorian artist.
Some of the inside decoration - a lot of the symbols representing the Tree of Life
Some of the outside decoration - over 70 local villagers helped decorate the chapel
Part of the ceiling inside the chapel
There's a website here about the Chapel, and also the Watts Gallery, which is just a few hundred yards down the lane from the Chapel.
I am linking this to Color Me Weekly and Mosaic Monday.
This looks like an amazing place.
ReplyDeleteI saw this Chapel on a tele program the other month. It is beautiful. It must be even better to see it in person. I will have to try and visit it one day.
ReplyDeleteWow, what a really really cool place! Such beautiful works on art on it!
ReplyDelete...Mary Watts must of been a woman of incredible vision to design such a building and a wealthy on too...not only a place of worship but one of great beauty...you got some super piccy's Diana...Mel :)
ReplyDeleteWow, what a spectacular chapel. I love the style, how it sort of blends Celtic and medieval imagery in to the art nouveau style. Thank you for sharing the pics!
ReplyDeleteThe craftsmanship is incredible in this chapel. Valerie
ReplyDeleteThat's somewhere I'd never even heard of - I agree with Valerie that craftmanship is incredible and so ornate. I especially like the outside colour of the building and it's unique shape. Your rich coloured palette is lovely too.
ReplyDeleteSooooooooooooooo gorgeous....I love traveling vicariously with you because you take such gorgeous pictures... the colors make me drool... I'm in the clutches of chapel/cathedral envy again!
ReplyDeletebeautiful! love the detail in each carving and painting.
ReplyDeleteThat is sooooo beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLovely!!!
ReplyDeleteSimply breathtaking. This chapel is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet building. I'm sure her husband must have loved it.
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeously rich colours in the last picture.