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Shrewsbury General Cemetery Buildings

A Grade II Listed Building in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.6977 / 52°41'51"N

Longitude: -2.7597 / 2°45'34"W

OS Eastings: 348756

OS Northings: 311384

OS Grid: SJ487113

Mapcode National: GBR BJ.318B

Mapcode Global: WH8BT.LG27

Plus Code: 9C4VM6XR+34

Entry Name: Shrewsbury General Cemetery Buildings

Listing Date: 30 May 1969

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1270702

English Heritage Legacy ID: 457401

ID on this website: 101270702

Location: Belle Vue, Shropshire, SY3

County: Shropshire

Civil Parish: Shrewsbury

Built-Up Area: Shrewsbury

Traditional County: Shropshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire

Church of England Parish: Meole Brace Holy Trinity

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description



SHREWSBURY

SJ41SE LONGDEN ROAD
653-1/4/390 (South side)
30/05/69 Shrewsbury General Cemetery
Buildings

GV II

Cemetery buildings, comprising chapels and porte-cochere
linked by a cloister, and 2 flanking lodge houses or offices.
1856. By Pountey Smith. Coursed and squared stone, the
porte-cochere partially timbered, with plain tiled roofs.
Decorated style.
Chapels divided by central tower with spire: 3-stage tower,
with paired bell-chamber lights, embattled parapet with corbel
heads and pinnacles, and octagonal spire with 3 tiers of
lucarnes. Chapel range of 7 bays divided by pilaster
buttresses with truncated pinnacles. High plinth and 2-light
Decorated windows over. 4-bay porch forming open-ended aisle,
with similar windows. Large Decorated windows of 4 and 5
lights in end walls.
Porte-cochere across the front is linked to the chapel range
by narrow cloister range with paired lancet windows between
buttresses. Porte-cochere is single-storeyed, divided into 3
bays by projecting buttresses each side of long mullioned
traceried lights. Timber gable walls, the cambered trusses
infilled with decorative traceried lights above the
full-height openings each side.
Porte-cochere is flanked by lodges each side: coursed and
squared stone with plain tiled roofs. Gables face street. The
right-hand lodge has 2-storey canted bay window with raking
stone roof, and mullioned and transomed window to ground
floor, mullioned window above, with decorative leaded glazing.
Chimney on right-hand return, and lean-to porch beyond.
Left-hand lodge has single-storeyed canted bay window with
mullioned and transomed lights and raking stone roof in gable.
Small mullioned window above, with hoodmould. Recessed wing to
left, with doorway in rear elevation in 4-centred archway, the
hoodmould continuing across the facade and stepped up over
mullioned and transomed window each side. Axial stack.


Listing NGR: SJ4875611384

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