Chapel Of Ease

Money to build the chapel was left in 1651, and the building was designed for Puritan worship during the Cromwellian Commonwealth of England. It was built on a site which may have been the location of a medieval chantry (there is evidence of some older stone in the structure). By the 17th century, the land was owned by Thomas Parke of Wisbech, who had Puritan sympathies. After his death in 1630, his land was purchased by Peterhouse, Cambridge, and it is on part of this land that the chapel was built. A stone above the door reads "RP 1660" recording the date of its completion. The "RP" most likely refers to its "builder or benefactor" or, as its construction probably commenced and advanced…

The building has remained largely unchanged throughout its existence, and its design retains an austere Puritan aesthetic; constructed of brick and Barnack stone, with five windows of clear leaded glass set in stone mullions. There is little decoration, with a low plastered ceiling, brick paving, clear glass and plain walls, meaning the congregation's focus is on the spoken word of the minister in the raised pulpit. Rows of hat pegs on the walls allow for large 17th-century headwear to be hung. Two Regency-era ventilators in the ceiling are the only later decorative elements.