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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q95396677

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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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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)