Designated Municipal Heritage Property: Rugby Chapel 1913
The gift of the students and staff of Rugby School, England,
Rugby Chapel was erected by the students of Emmanuel College under
the leadership of George Exton Lloyd, M.A., Principal, 1908-1916. A
wooden version of an English Stone-built church, the chapel has a
wooden vault support structure, gothic windows and a Norman tower
over the porch. In 1913 the building was expanded from 150 seating
to 200, again with the financial help of Rugby School. It is said
that much of the building was constructed by Emmanuel college
students, with help from local tradesmen. Rugby Chapel was reopened
in 1922 after a period of disuse during WWI. A pipeless furnace was
later installed to replace 3 heating stoves, the ceiling was
raised, the walls decorated and finally, a pipe organ installed in
the summer of 1923. In 1926 a stained-glass window, “For the
sake of the Name they went forth,” was installed to
commemorate the Emmanuel students who died in WWI.
The Chapel was used as a place of worship until 1966, when it
was replaced by St Chad's Chapel. The building standing today very
close to College Drive is essentially what was the Chapel of
1913.
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