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OVERVIEW | HISTORY | MASS
The Chapel of the Holy Trinity, probably first built in the late 13th century, is the first and most important part of the buildings at Stonor. It is built on the site of a pagan stone circle from which one stone has been very visibly incorporated into the southeast corner of the Chapel, symbolic of Christianity adopting such a site as its own. The Chapel has always been owned by Stonors. It has never been a parish church and has always been Catholic. Like only two other chapels, Mass has always been celebrated here or in the adjoining house until today.
The most recent major repair work, including repainting, was carried out in the 1950’s, by the late 6th Lord Camoys who also gave the gothic chairs and wooden statues. In 1956, Graham Greene gave the Stations of the Cross which were carved by Jozef Janas, a Polish prisoner of war in World War II and can be seen in the porch.
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