Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9422NW HIGH STREET 630-1/8/416 (South West side) 12/03/55 St Mary's Cemetery Chapel (St Mary's Mission)

GV II

Burial chapel, now gymnasium. 1831 with later addition to right. Architect: C Paul of Rowland Paul and Sons, Cheltenham. Builders George Wood and Thomas Newton. Cost »600. Ashlar over brick with concealed roof and right end brick stack. Greek Revival style. EXTERIOR: single tall storey, with single low-storey range to right. Central panelled door with slightly 'battered' architrave with sloping sides, and projecting porch with 2 fluted Doric columns in antis. Frieze with wreaths; continuous cornice and blocking course. Rear facade has end pilasters central entrance in breakforward between round-arched multi-paned windows with radial glazing to heads in plain reveals and with architrave and sills. Frieze, cornice and blocking course. INTERIOR: retains original features: deep coving and dado rail. reputed to have vaulted brick cellars to original part. HISTORICAL NOTE: built as the chapel to the 'New Burying Ground' when the St Mary's Parish Churchyard became too crowded. (Blake S: Cheltenham's Churches and Chapels AD 773-1883: Cheltenham: 1979-: 21-2; Rowe G: Illustrated Cheltenham Guide: Cheltenham: 1850-1969: 91-92).



Listing NGR: SO9429622889

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  For the Record
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)