Description

BRISTOL

ST5678NW CHURCH CLOSE, Henbury
901-1/17/1325 (West side)
04/03/77 Mortuary chapel in the churchyard of
the Church of St Mary

GV II

Mortuary chapel. c1830. Squared coursed Lias with limestone
dressings, stone rear stack and a slate roof. Early English
Gothic Revival style. A small chapel with coped gables and
parapet. 3 stepped lancets in the E end between clasping
buttresses, with a quatrefoil in the steep gable; 3-bay N side
of lancet windows, the middle one with a parapeted gable
projecting slightly between buttresses; the S side has a
central chimney breast to a decapitated octagonal stack;
attached wall at the W end has a pointed doorway beneath a
cornice and parapet. INTERIOR not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE:
Thomas Rickman was working on both the church and nearby
village hall, in squared Lias, at this period, and may have
designed the chapel too.

Listing NGR: ST5629578813

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497735

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