In 1806 General Simcoe was buried there and his wife and five of their eleven children were also interred there. Plaques in memory of them are set outside at the base of the the south and east side walls. The Chapel and its collection of antique furnishings and decorative arts were generously donated to the people of Ontario in 1966 by British publisher Sir Geoffrey Harmsworth. The Chapel has never been substantially altered and appears much as it did when it was built. Wolford Chapel is open to the public during daylight hours.
Admission is free but donations are gratefully accepted.
A number of other sites in the vicinity have connections with the Simcoe family. Born in 1752, John Graves Simcoe was raised by his mother in Exeter and attended Exeter Free Grammar School after his father's death. From Eton and Oxford he began his military career in 1770. Wolford Lodge and enlarged and improved the Estate. The family attended worship in St Nicholas Church, Dunkeswell, and their six daughters contributed to its rebuilding, 1865-8.