Little Chapel, Catholic chapel in Saint Andrew, Guernsey

The Little Chapel is a tiny place of worship in Saint Andrew whose interior and exterior walls are covered with shells, pebbles, and broken china pieces. These materials coat nearly every surface, creating a dense, shimmering mosaic across the structure.

A French brother named Déodat built the chapel in 1914 as a personal project on Guernsey. After two reconstructions, the current version reflects his faith and craftsman skills.

The chapel reproduces sacred places dedicated to Mary, showing how a small community expressed their faith through handcrafted decoration and personal devotion.

The building is so narrow that only a few people can enter at the same time, meaning wait times during busy periods. It helps to visit during quieter hours and treat it respectfully as an active place of prayer.

The mosaic technique is called pique-assiette, a pun on the French term for a plate-pincher and the artist Pablo Picasso; it was also the nickname of Raymond Isidore, who decorated his house near Chartres in the same way. A Daily Mirror article brought the chapel sudden fame, after which islanders donated coloured china and the Lieutenant-Governor offered mother of pearl.