This lovely 15th century chapel, with exquisitely carved and painted woodwork, has many intriguing features, including two roofed pews and a musicians' gallery.

Rycote Chapel was built in the 15th century and has associations with both Elizabeth I and Charles I. What makes it outstanding in national terms are its internal fittings and in particular the two early 17th century pews.

The chapel was the domestic chapel to adjacent Rycote Park and is dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels. It was erected and endowed with three priests in the reign of Henry VI by Sir Richard Quatremaine of Rycote and his wife Sibill. It was consecrated in 1449.

Henry VIII visited Rycote Park in 1540 and Princess Elizabeth Tudor, as well as being held at Woodstock by Lord Bedingfield, was detained here in the reign of her sister Mary by her guardian Lord Williams of Thame, who at that time owned Rycote. Elizabeth also came to Rycote at least six times as Queen, her final visit being with the whole court in 1592. James I visited Rycote in 1616 and Charles I came here in the first summer of his reign (1625) when a plague drove Parliament to Oxford, and also twice during the Civil War (1643 and 1644).

The chapel is perpendicular in style consisting of chancel and nave under a single roof and a three stage west tower. The walls are built of local limestone (probably from Wheatley) with ashlar dressings from Taynton. The buttresses of the east gable end have finials with restored heraldic beasts (greyhound sejeant).

 
In addition, there is a finely carved reredos, possibly by Grinling Gibbons. The tower (not open to the public) has a priest's room with a small fireplace, above which there is a small belfry containing one bell, dated 1636, with the inscription 'Prayse the Lord all ye that love him'.