Nowadays, commissions for ecclesiastical buildings are rare in Britain. Perhaps that is why no fewer than 126 architects applied to take part in the competition for this chapel. It is situated in the park of the Theological College of Cuddesdon near Oxford and, together with the Victorian stone buildings on both sides, forms the new centre. The need for the chapel arose when five nuns were relocated to the village. The winning scheme was implemented with only one significant change: the proposed woven-wood facade was replaced with a stone wall. Models were made to study the effect of light, viewing lines and orientation, and the floor plan was built to a reduced scale on a gypsum ground.