I moved into the church proper, the Chancel side of the Temple Church. And was immediately struck by two feelings, first was how new it looked and second, how soaring it was.
You walk into the Chancel Church and feel like you are inside a lily garden, staring up at flowers, these lovely marble columns with high arched roof supports, beautiful. 
Strangely enough, the layout of the church is slightly different, the pews do not face the altar, they are facing the organ which is on the north side while the altar is on the east side. 
A plaque on the wall inscribed in Latin to Baron Iohannis Withham
Tall Glass windows on the right as I move to the right. 
There’s the organ on the north side of the Chancel Church. 
This stained glass window or the Quatercentenary Window was commissioned on 2008 to celebrate the Letters Patent of 1608 which gave the land formerly belonging to the Templars to the Inner and Middle Temple. The left hand side shows Pegasus of Inner Temple and the Lamb + Flag of Middle Temple, and in the middle, you have the Coat of Arms of King James who gave the land. This is extraordinarily beautiful, the work is amazing, I have never seen a stained glass window like this before. 
The pews have these lovely brass racks to place your hymn book on. Beautiful, with candle sticks / holders. It would look magical in the evening when the candles would be lit. 
Three plaques for some of the Morton Family. Way back around the 1672AD time. 
I have now reached the south east corner of the church. It has this grave with an effigy on top. Without any label or plaque to say what this is about or who this belongs to. Bit of a shame as the work is extraordinarily beautiful. 
Another beautiful stained glass window on the East Wall. This, interestingly enough, was made by the father of the lady who made the quartercentenary window on the South Side. 
The stairs up to the pulpit. 
The Altar
Looking back down west to the round church in the far corner. 
The Altar
The stained glass windows tell a story of the church with loads of biblical aspects as well. And the inner temple Pegasus. Beautiful work. 
Hmmm, pink and purple and white and green and and and. 
Books on the pews. 
The third stained glass window on the East side. 
Now I am on the North East corner of the church and looking due west, there’s the organ on the right.
And in front of it is the actual organ. 
Looking back at the pews. 
A window but its not open, it contains the organ pipes. 
Now I am on the north west corner of the chancel church which has this beautiful tomb on the corner. 
The entrance to the Round Church. 
The Round Church. But I havent finished with the Chancel Church, the Round Church is for the next photo essay. I turn back. 
Some more views of the soaring columns and absolutely brilliant roof. I love the tall soaring lines. Isnt this beautiful? 
A podium, in the memory of Cecil Heyes dating back almost a century. 
I sat down on the corner seat. 
The books, the top book is the Hymns of the Temple Church. Some interesting pages. 
An act for the uniformity of common prayer, and service in the church, and administration of the sacraments. 
Of ceremonies, why some be abolished and some retained. Fascinating. 
What are the proper lessons on sundays. 
Calendar of Lessons
Tables and rules for the moveable and immoveable feasts, together with the dates of fasting and abstinence, through the whole year. 
The golden numbers. Fascinating. 
Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. 
This has a prayer to be said before a fight at sea against any enemy. Brilliant. 
Articles agreen upon by the arch bishops and bishops of both provinces, and the whole clergy, in the convocation holden at London in the Year 1562, for the avoiding of diversities of opinions, and for the establishing of consent touching true religion. heh. nice one. 
His Majesty’s Declaration. 
On the right, this table talks about kindred and affinity. On the right hand side, it says, A Woman may not marry her:
Father
Son
Father’s Father
Mother’s Father
Son’s Son
Daughter’s Son and and on and so forth, some in the middle, Daughter’s daughter’s husband (wtf?)
The Holy Bible on the right. 
Genesis. 
The seat where I sat. That’s the lamb with the flag, for the Middle Temple. 
I walked to the exit, that’s the round church on the right
The tiny cute little exit door. Now for the Round Church.
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