Description

LANCASTER

SD46SE QUERNMORE ROAD 1685-1/1/350 (North side (off)) Northern mortuary chapel at Lancaster Cemetery

GV II

One of a group of 3 mortuary chapels (qv) built to serve Lancaster Cemetery, which was opened in 1855; for Roman Catholics. By Edward Paley. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and slate roof. Gothic Revival style. Rectangular plan with a narrow central gabled projection to the north and with a gabled porch to the south. There are diagonal buttresses at the corners, and a continuous string course. To each side of the porch in the south wall is a single lancet window with a hoodmould. There are 2 similar windows in the north wall, and a single window in the gable wall of the north projection. The east and west gables are coped, the eastern one with a cross finial, and both gable walls contain 2 lancet windows.

Listing NGR: SD4925161932

External Links

• Wikidata Q95396677

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Recommended Books

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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)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (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