World famous paintings on the move again from Burghclere chapel

Last year, the 19 murals by Cookham war artist, Sir Stanley Spencer, honouring the fallen of the First World War, were temporarily removed to feature in exhibitions in London and Chichester.
They were returned to the chapel following the completion of 10 months’ conservation work to the Grade I listed building, which is owned by the National Trust.
When the chapel closes for the season tomorrow, the paintings will again be temporarily removed.
This time they will be going on loan to Manchester Art Gallery, for the free-of-charge three-month exhibition Stanley Spencer: Heaven in a Hell of a War.
A spokeswoman for the trust, Joanna Crosse, said: “It provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to see these incredible artworks in the North West.”
The murals detail scenes of the artist’s wartime experiences as a medical orderly on the Salonika Front.
After volunteering for the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1915, Sir Stanley was sent to Macedonia in 1916, aged 24, with the 68th Field Ambulance Unit and he spent two and a half years on the front line.
His elder brother, Sydney, was killed in action in September 1918.
The National Trust’s curator of pictures and sculpture, David Taylor, co-curator of the exhibition, will discuss Sir Stanley’s work in an illustrated lecture at Manchester Art Gallery on December 4.
The chapel re-opens next year on March 28, from Wednesday to Sunday.
Entry will be via timed pre-booked tickets, which will be available through the Sandham Memorial Chapel website at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sandham-memorial-chapel/
The chapel will re-open briefly on Tuesday, November 11 for a Remembrance Day service at 10.50am.