Building record MLI86454 - Anglican Cemetery Chapel, Louth Cemetery

Summary

Anglican cemetery chapel at Louth Cemetery, built in 1855.

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Full Description

The Anglican chapel is one of a pair of matching chapels within Louth Cemetery (see PRN 47171), the other being for nonconformists (see PRN 47169). It was built in 1855, in a mock Gothic style of grey brick with limestone dressings. It has steeply pitched slate roofs, with a tall bellcote over the front porch. The structure has 'cut away' corners and trefoil, tripartite leaded windows. {1}{2}{3}{4} The cemetery chapels are believed to have been designed by the Louth-born architect Pearson Bellamy, who also designed the nearby cemetery lodge (see PRN 47170). {5}

Sources/Archives (5)

  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. TF 38 NW.
  •  Report: QuBE Planning Ltd.. 2008. Louth Conservation Area Appraisal. Cemetery character area.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). p.540.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. p.250.
  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1467745.

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Grid reference Centred TF 32998 86788 (10m by 9m) Surveyed
Civil Parish LOUTH, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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