St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
St George's Chapel is the church at Windsor Castle in England. The chapel is governed by the Dean and Canons of Windsor and is found in the Lower Ward of the castle.
The status of the Abbey is that of a Royal Peculiar. This means it is place of worship that falls directly under the jurisdiction of the British monarch, rather than under a bishop. The concept dates from Anglo-Saxon times, when a church could ally itself with the monarch and therefore not be subject to the bishop of the area. Technically speaking, it is not a cathedral, though it has a similar status. Many Royal weddings and other ceremonies with the British Crown have taken place there.
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Media
St George's Chapel (left) at Windsor Castle in 1848, showing the absence of the Queen's Beasts on the pinnacles (since replaced). Watercolour by Joseph Nash
The Choir of St George's Chapel, by Charles Wild, from W. H. Pyne's Royal Residences, 1818
The Horseshoe Cloister, built in 1480 and reconstructed in the 19th century
St George's Chapel in the Lower Ward at centre right, partially behind tree
The Royal Beasts shown atop the pinnacles
Emblem of the Order of the Garter
Tierceron-lierne vaulting of the choir and fan vaulting of the crossing of St George's Chapel, with the Garter banners on either side below
Monumental brass in St Leger Chantry to Anne of York (1439–1476) and her second husband Thomas St Leger (c. 1440 – 1483), founder of the chapel
