The King's Chapel of St John the Baptist in the Precinct of the Savoy, also known as the King's Chapel of the Savoy, is a church in the City of Westminster, London. Facing it are 111 Strand, the Savoy
View of the associated green and the chapel's east side, from Savoy Street
Part of the old Savoy Hospital (top) and the 'Church of St Mary Savoy' (bottom) in 1753
The Savoy Palace, considered the grandest nobleman's townhouse of medieval London, was the residence of prince John of Gaunt until it was destroyed during rioting in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. The
Savoy Chapel
…the green to its side – the east side of Savoy Street. The chapel is designated as a Grade II* listed building. The chapel sits on the site of the Savoy Palace, once owned by the prince John of Gaunt, that was destroyed in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Gaunt's Duchy of Lancaster, the owner of the site of the…
1848 engraving by Charles Thurston Thompson
The Savoy Hospital in 1650, drawn by Wenceslaus Hollar
View of the Savoy in 1736, from Vetusta Monumenta
Ruin of the main Barracks (formerly Hospital) building in the late 18th century, following the fire