Description

PARISH OF MORLEY CHURCH LANE
SK 34 SE
1/80 (North Side)
Mausoleum west of
St Matthew's
Church
GV II*

The Bateman family mausoleum. 1897 by G F Bodley.
Perpendicular style. Gritstone ashlar and coursed squared
gritstone. Roof hidden behind parapets with moulded copings.
Single storey, rectangular in plan. Chamfered plinth and
moulded stringcourse with fleurons, at the base of the parapet.
East elevation has a 5-light window with four centred arch and
cusped lights. The plinth is stepped upover a relief panel
with a decorative cross. The southern elevation has a similar
panel and a 5-light squared headed window above with cusped
lancet lights. Flanked by thin gableted buttresses and beyond,
cusped ogee niches with carved figures of bishops. The north
elevation has a doorway with moulded surround, and in front of
it is a piece of gritstone walling, said to be remains of the
old manor house. The west elevation has a similar 3-light
window flanked by narrow buttresses. The interior has a painted
panelled roof, ashlar walls, altar and reredos and the Bateman
tomb. Stained glass in the three windows.

Listing NGR: SK3962940938

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 25 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546191

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)