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{{Short description|15th-century chapel in Buckingham, UK}}
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[[Image:Chantry Chapel buckingham.jpg|thumb|Chantry Chapel]]

'''Buckingham Chantry Chapel''' (also known as the '''Old Latin School''') is a 15th-century [[chapel]] and a [[National Trust]] property in [[Buckingham]], [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]]. The chapel is the oldest building in Buckingham and is noted in particular for its [[Norman architecture|Norman]] doorway. Few buildings in Buckingham date to before the 18th century, as a large fire destroyed much of the town in 1725.<ref name=Long/> The chapel is a [[Grade II* listed]] building, being added to the list by [[English Heritage]] on 13 October 1952.<ref name=EH/>

==History==
The building was originally established as a hospital in the 12th century. It became a [[chantry chapel]] in 1268, founded by Matthew de Stratton, the [[Archdeacon of Buckingham]]. The present building dates from the 15th century, when [[John Ruding]], [[Archdeacon of Lincoln]], undertook rebuilding work in 1471 and 1481.<ref name=Roffey/>

The building was later used by the [[Royal Latin School]], with the chantry priests probably serving as the first schoolmasters. A schoolmaster's house was added to the north.<ref name=Roffey/> The school remained on the site until 1907, when expansion prompted a move to new buildings on Chandos Road.

Further restoration work was undertaken by Sir [[George Gilbert Scott]] in 1875.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

The chapel was given to the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] in 1912. It is still owned by the Trust, and is open to the public as a second-hand bookshop.<ref name=NT/><ref name=NT2/>

==References==
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<ref name=EH>{{NHLE|desc=Old Latin School|num=1201391|accessdate=25 September 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Long">{{cite book|last=Long|first=Peter|title=The Hidden Places of England|year=2004|publisher=Travel Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-904434-12-2|page=32}}</ref>
<ref name=NT>{{cite web|title=Buckingham Chantry Chapel|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/buckingham-chantry-chapel/|publisher=National Trust|accessdate=25 September 2013}}</ref>
<ref name=NT2>{{cite web|title=The Chantry Chapel, Buckingham|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1356399693976/|publisher=National Trust|accessdate=25 September 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Roffey">{{cite book|last=Roffey|first=Simon|title=The Medieval Chantry Chapel: An Archaeology|year=2007|publisher=Boydell Press|isbn=978-1-84383-334-5|page=167}}</ref>
}}



==External links==
* [https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/buckingham-chantry-chapel Buckingham Chantry Chapel information at the National Trust]

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