The Chapel of St Peter and St Paul uses a neoclassical ceiling of squares and octagons, designed by the master plasterer and complemented by a Wedgwood-inspired colour scheme. The intricate plasterwork remains legible across the scale of the room. The Samuel Green organ cost £1,000 in 1798, with another £500 spent on its mahogany case. Its three manuals and much of its noted pipework remain in use in the original position. The altarpiece and elevated pulpit complete a space where craft, expense, worship, and naval institutional identity reinforce one another.
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Read Greenwich through the chapel’s craft
Visit the Chapel of St Peter and St Paul to study how intricate plasterwork, Wedgwood colours, a costly Samuel Green organ, and carved furnishings turn the space into an institutional showpiece.