Description:This was originally the chapel for the County Asylum on Corporation Street. The asylum opened in 1818, to accommodate 120 private and pauper patients. The Asylum became St. George's Hospital in 1948.
On the wall to the left hand side is a large oil painting donated by Dr. Benjamin Henry Shaw (1873-1955) on his retirement as Medical Superintendant in May 1938 having served for 40 years at Stafford Asylum.
On the wall to the extreme right an be seen a plaque commemorating Dr. Mark Noble Bower (1810-1874) who was Medical Superintendent at Stafford Asylum between 1855 and 1874.