Cynthia Spencer Hospice is in Northampton, on the Manfield Health Campus on Kettering Road, and cares for people across West Northamptonshire. It began as a committee formed in 1972 to provide cancer care in the county, and it is named after Lady Cynthia Spencer, who agreed to be its Patron. The inpatient hospice opened on 15 May 1976, opened by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and a new hospice building opened in 2005 after a campaign to raise £10 million. It describes itself as one of the first modern hospices in the country.
The chapel is a small, quiet room with two tall windows over a table and a figure of an angel. Each window has coloured stained glass panels set into clear glass at the top, so the room stays light.
Key facts
- Town: Northampton
- County: Northamptonshire
- Building: modern hospice, 20th and 21st century
- Glass: contemporary stained glass panels in a chapel window
- Photographed: 2026
The glass
The panels are small squares, each a different subject. One shows a sunflower with a bird at its centre. Another has a butterfly beside a banner with the words ECCE AGNUS DEI, meaning “behold the Lamb of God”. A third is a blue dove among orange and red leaves, and a fourth is a red, blue and white panel with a letter set in the middle. They are bright, simple in shape and made to be seen up close.
Windows
Sources
Cynthia Spencer Hospice, “Our history”.