STAR CHAPEL

 STAR CHAPEL CEILING

 Lit by Olivia Robertson's painted Window 

between the Star Chapel &The Well  

In 1980

the Star Chapel was created 

by Co-Founders, 

Lawrence Durdin-Robertson and his sister Olivia.  

 They worked together painstakingly 

to clear an ancient wine cellar in the basement of the Castle. 

 The Ceiling was designed by Lawrence

to show many of the wonderful Non-Zodiac Constellations 

such as the Polar Constellations, 

including Caer Arianrhod, 

her Pole Star home, 

and the Great Bear.

There are Cygnus the Swan, 

the Ariadne Crown, 

Andromeda’s Sea Monster, 

Sirius, 

Orion 

& Cassiopeia

Having first painted the whole Ceiling deep blue, 

Lawrence created cardboard stencils.

These Olivia then used to paint the Stars in gold. 

Here are some small photos of parts of the ceiling just to give a sense of it.

Olivia pointed out Sirius at the top ofthe picture below: