Transcribed from the 1909 edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org Many thanks to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Libraries, Local Studies department, for allowing their copy to be used for this transcription. The Chapel of the Holy Spirit in The Church of St. Peter’s, Cranley Gardens, S.W. * * * * * _Notes Descriptive of the Chapel_, _its Furniture_, _and its Principal_ _Features_. * * * * * “I lift mine eyes, and all the windows blaze With forms of Saints and Holy men who died Here martyred and hereafter glorified; And the great Rose upon its leaves displays Christ’s Triumph and the Angelic Roundelays With splendour upon splendour multiplied; * * * * * And then the organ sounds, and unseen choirs Sing the old Latin hymns of Peace and Love And benedictions of the Holy Ghost.” LONGFELLOW, _Divina Commedia_. INTRODUCTORY. THE consecration of the new Chapel of the Holy Spirit by the Bishop of London, on Tuesday, the 25th May, 1909, marks the completion of the large scheme for the enlargement and beautifying of St. Peter’s, upon which the Church Council has been earnestly engaged for nearly three years. The new organ has already been very fully described in the “Dedication Service” booklets of last year, and it has been suggested that some description of the chapel may be of interest to many who worship at St. Peter’s. Those who read it must pardon the writer if from inexperience or lack of knowledge he has failed adequately or accurately to describe it, or if, in describing it, he may have been driven by the depth of his own feelings to strike too personal a note. The chapel has been erected to form at once an integral portion of the church and a feature distinctive in itself. Ancient precedents for such treatment are numerous, wherein a richness of material or ornament marks the chapel as a pious memorial or its erection as an act of devotion. In this case it is attached to the north side of the chancel, and opens from the north transept by a wide and simply moulded archway in harmony with the chancel arch. A short neck, lighted by a long lancet, connects it somewhat more richly with the chancel.