Website:http://www.rfsk.org.uk (The Royal Foundation of St Katharine)
Description:The Royal Foundation of St Katharine has served as a centre for worship, hospitality and service over many centuries. It is an extraordinary urban oasis in the heart of London. The extraordinary spaces include the Grade II listed Chapel, a stunning enclosed garden, bespoke Georgian rooms containing 18th to 19th Century Italian and English mural paintings, and the contemporary Yurt Cafe in St Katharine's Precinct. The Grade II listed Chapel has fine medieval and modern wood carving is juxtaposed to the great slate altar of 1951; the modern glass rose windows by Alan Younger FMGP cast light onto finely preserved carvings of the 14th Century; a modern Christus looks down on Sir Julius Caesar’s pulpit and a chamber organ dating from the 18th Century. In the middle of the compass star on the chapel floor is a piece of rose-coloured granite from the desert surrounding St. Katharine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai.
Jurisdictions::Tower Hamlets
