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THE King's Chapel of the Savoy, Strand, London, which is all that remains of the Palace and Hospital of the Savoy, is the personal property of the King by right of his Duchy of Lancaster, of which the Savoy became the centre in 1351. His Majesty, at the time of the Coronation, placed the Chapel at the disposal of the Royal Victorian Order, to be regarded as the Chapel of the Order. Recent additions made have launched it on a new era of importance, and it can now be used for the first time for ceremonial purposes. The Chapel stands low and was approached by a narrow flight of steps. Its new approach consists of a stone parapet with broad sideways flights of steps which make robed processions possible. A robing room and a new cloister are other additions to the ancient building. In the Chapel itself space-saving ideas have been carried out to make more room.
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Lighting Installation of the Savoy Chapel, London. Nature 146, 331 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146331a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/146331a0