The Leper Chapel

A wonderful sunny morning in Cambridge after a night when temperatures dropped to around -9 C. provided a good opportunity to photograph one of my favourite Cambridge buildings in excellent light.

The Leper Chapel, also known as the Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, is one of the oldest complete surviving buildings in Cambridge. This 12th century Romanesque building was originally the chapel of an isolation hospital caring for people with leprosy and is Grade 1 Listed.

The building has 900 years of fascinating history - at various times it has been a place of worship, a bar and a warehouse! It owes its survival to its connection with the Stourbridge medieval fair, one of the largest in Europe. Stourbridge Common is behind the Chapel and stretches to the River Cam.

For more details: https://www.cambridgeppf.org/leper-chapel-history