[3][1] The chapel, dedicated to St Mary, is a Grade I Listed Building that is reached via a narrow path and steps from Abbey Road.

[4] The chapel was a recorded in a charter of King Henry IV[3] "John Mason received from the lord a piece of waste land below the quarry with licence to excavate there beneath the quarry in order to make and hold a chapel; which he and his assigns are to have and to hold for the term of their life for an annual rent.

[2] It ceased to function as a chapel following Henry VIII's Reformation, however in 1916 it was reconsecrated as a Catholic place of worship[3] after becoming the property of Ampleforth Abbey.

[1] It has often been confused with the Holy Cross Chapel and cave of St Robert of Knaresborough that lie further down the River Nidd.

[8] Public donations covered the cost and demonstrated that the chapel means a great deal to the local community.

[citation needed] The windows have been conserved and figure of the medieval knight restored, internally a modern statue of Madonna and Child has been sculpted and was placed in the shrine in 2000.