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Cemetery Chapel

A Grade II Listed Building in Horncastle, Lincolnshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1995 / 53°11'58"N

Longitude: -0.1095 / 0°6'34"W

OS Eastings: 526377

OS Northings: 368605

OS Grid: TF263686

Mapcode National: GBR JSN.H3G

Mapcode Global: WHHKJ.9V21

Plus Code: 9C5X5VXR+R5

Entry Name: Cemetery Chapel

Listing Date: 25 March 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1063768

English Heritage Legacy ID: 195671

ID on this website: 101063768

Location: East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, LN9

County: Lincolnshire

District: East Lindsey

Civil Parish: Horncastle

Built-Up Area: Horncastle

Traditional County: Lincolnshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lincolnshire

Church of England Parish: Horncastle Group

Church of England Diocese: Lincoln

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Description


TF 36 NW HORNCASTLE BOSTON ROAD (east side)

4/14 Cemetery Chapel II

Cemetery chapel. 1888. Coursed blue lias rubble with limestone ashlar dressings. Slate roofs with decorative red ridge tiles, stone coped gables and cross finials. Nave with north-west spirelet, south vestry-store room, small chancel. Ashlar dressed plinth runs round entire chapel. Moulded string course rises to run below west window with pointed head, 3 cusped lights, Decorated tracery, hood mould and label stops. Steep gable rises above with cusped oculus. North west diagonal buttress rises up to octagonal ashlar turret with 8 pointed, cusped, narrow openings, spirelet and finial. 3 bay north side with central steeply gabled bay projecting slightly. Large central pointed doorway with ashlar quoins, hood mould with label stops, double plank doors and shield above inscribed: "1888". Doorway flanked by single, pointed, cusped windows. East end with single pointed window with trefoiled head with trefoiled mouchette above. South side of chancel with single cusped lancet. East front of south vestry with large triangular headed doorway, with chamfered surround and triple plank doors. South side with curved triangular window with cusping. West end of vestry with large triangular headed doorway with chamfered surround, hood mould, foliate label stops and triple plank door. Plate trefoil in gable above. South side of nave with single cusped lancet.

Listing NGR: TF2637768605

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