Description

SHEFFIELD

SK38NW HEADLAND ROAD
784-1/5/415 (North side (off))
Cemetery Chapel at Crookes Cemetery

II

Cemetery chapel. Dated 1908, with mid C20 alterations. Coursed
squared stone and concrete, with ashlar dressings and slate
roof with coped gables. Gothic Revival style.
PLAN: apsidal sanctuary, nave, south aisle, south-west porch,
corner tower, office.
EXTERIOR: windows are mainly traceried lancets.
Canted sanctuary has plain coped parapet. East end has a
triple lancet with hoodmould and stops, under a gabled string
course with bosses. To left, a buttress with square
crenellated cap. Left angle has a canted hipped projection.
Right angle has an octagonal tower, 2 stages, with buttress
and string course. The tower contains a chimney topped with a
buttressed square turret with louvred openings.
Nave, 5 bays, has buttresses rising through the parapet, with
square crenellated caps. Plinth, string course, coped parapet
with 3 small pointed arched openings in each bay. East gable
has small cross and single ventilator. West end has angle
buttresses and plain coped parapet. 3-light pointed arch
window with hoodmould and stops, under a shallow gabled string
course with bosses. North side has four 2-light pointed arch
windows with hoodmoulds and stops. Triple gabled south aisle
has buttresses and coped gables. Three 2-light pointed arch
windows with hoodmoulds. Gabled south porch is roofed with
lengthwise concrete slabs. South gable has diagonal buttresses
and chamfered doorway with ogee hoodmould and finial. West
side has 2 single lancets.
Single bay office, to north-west, has crenellated parapet.
Untraceried 2-light pointed arch window to west, single lancet
to north, and shouldered doorway to east.
INTERIOR: nave and sanctuary have rendered vault with moulded
ribs and ashlar springings. Sanctuary has stained glass
panels, flanked by single blind arches. Below the window, a
mid C20 curved sounding board. Nave has bays divided by
octagonal wall shafts and moulded pointed arches. South side
has to east a blank arch, then 3 bays with blank heads and
below, chamfered segment-headed openings with traceried glazed
wooden screens. To west, a bay with moulded pointed arched
double doors. North side has to east, a blank bay with a
pointed arched doorway. West end has a stained glass window.
South aisle, forming ante-room, has corbelled concrete slab
roofs with moulded ribs, and bays divided by chamfered piers
and pilasters. At either end, a segment-arched recess, the
west one with double doors. North side has traceried glazed
screens with seats.
FITTINGS include traceried panelled wooden reading desk and
open framed wooden benches.

Listing NGR: SK3214587423

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546672

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Recommended Books

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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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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)