St Patrick's Chapel

St Patrick's Chapel is a medieval chapel built with random rubble and topped with a pantile roof, located in the northwest corner of the Glastonbury Abbey precinct. The structure incorporates older walls from the 13th and 14th centuries into its construction.

Abbot Richard Bere had the chapel built between 1512 and 1517, marking the end of the medieval period for religious construction. The building work reused existing walls from earlier periods and combined them with new construction techniques of the time.

The chapel displays modern wall paintings and stained glass windows created by local artists, showing Saint Patrick and other saints linked to the abbey. These contemporary works bring spiritual life to the medieval space.

The chapel is currently undergoing renovation and closed to visitors, though you can see the building work from outside. The location in the northwest area of the abbey grounds helps orient you while exploring the larger complex.

Saint Patrick appears twice in the chapel in different forms: as colored glass behind the altar and as a wall painting accompanied by a wolfhound. This dual representation reveals the artistic importance the chapel held for local creators.