Building record MLI126024 - Mortuary Chapels, Grantham Cemetery

Summary

Mortuary chapels at Grantham Cemetery, built in 1857.

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Full Description

Pair of attached mortuary chapels at Grantham Cemetery, linked by an archway and a shared roof structure. They were built in 1857, in a Decorated Gothic style, and consist of an Anglican chapel at the southern half with a nonconformist chapel at the northern half. The chapels are built of ashlar limestone, and feature traceried windows and steeply pitched roofs. A slender broach spire is attached to the southern chapel, adjacent to the arch, which carries the main access roadway through to the crematorium. {1}{2}{3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.321.
  •  Unpublished Document: English Heritage / Historic England. 2008->. Advice Report from a Heritage Asset Assessment. Case No.1439742.
  •  Index: Historic England. 2012->. Designation Decision Records (De-Designated and Non-Designated Entries). 1452413.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 92110 35567 (15m by 27m) Surveyed
Civil Parish GRANTHAM, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Nov 6 2024 10:16AM

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