North Aisle
Inside is the nave of the chapel which is the main body of the building where the congregation assembles.
The word nave comes from the Latin word meaning "ship" because of the resemblance of the vaulted ceiling to the shape of a ship's hull. To either side of the nave we find the bays, or the side aisles. In each bay hangs a banner with the seal of one of the university's owning dioceses. Commissioned in April of 1995, these banners were individually made by a team of embroiderers at the Juliet Hemingray Church Textiles Company in England.
The stained glass windows along the side aisles depict the various subjects taught at the university over the past one hundred years. To the left is the Civil Engineering Window represented by Saint Swithin.
The Painswick Stone is located near the lectern along the north aisle. It is a stone niche that was once located in the Chapel of Henry VII in Westminster Abbey in London which was constructed in 1502 A.D. The stone was presented to the University of the South by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey on October 10, 1923, ". . .expressing the hope that this stone may for all generations be a witness of kinship in blood and a pledge of unity in affection."
