Guernsey II. Camp or Kitsch? Either way it is a treasure.
Just around the corner from a posh independent school is The Little Chapel.
It was by Brother Déodat.
The good Brother’s idea was a miniature version of the grotto and basilica at Lourdes, the Rosary Basilica. Fair dinkum. It went through several iterations. Was bashed about rebuilt and then bashed about again. What you see today is a tiny treasure that you can just about walk through and down through several side chapels. Everything is decorated as would befit the Church of Rome.
Fr. Déodat finished a second chapel in July 1914 (measuring 9 feet by 6 feet).[6] However, when the Bishop of Portsmouth visited in 1923, he could not fit through the door, so Déodat again demolished it.
The third and current version of the chapel started soon after the last demolition, and measures 16 feet by 9 feet.
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A delightful interior |
Glitz, delicate shards of pottery everywhere, seashells, pebbles, and broken china on every surface inside and out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Chapel
This is another great reason to visit Guernsey!
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