Description

MANCHESTER

SJ89SW BARLOW MOOR ROAD, Barlow Moor
698-1/8/498 (North East side)
Nonconformist Chapel in Manchester
Southern Cemetery

GV II

Cemetery chapel. 1879. Coursed sandstone rubble, slate roofs
with red cockscomb ridge tiles. Gothic style. Nave on
north-south axis with south-east tower incorporating porch,
and north-east vestry. Short nave has angle buttresses,
2-centred arched window in south gable wall, cusped
single-light window in east wall; 4-stage tower to left, the
stages successively set back and the top stage octagonal with
a short spire, has 2-centred arched doorway with chamfered
surround and gablet, corner pilasters above this level, small
lancet to short 3rd stage, louvred 2-light belfy windows to
the top stage and pseudo-gargoyles to the corners. Low gabled
vestry has angle buttresses, cusped lancet in gable wall, and
chimney rising from junction with nave. With Church of England
chapel (q.v.) and Roman Catholic chapel (q.v.), forms part of
intact set of 3 cemetery chapels, of varied form but matching
style.

Listing NGR: SJ8269592577

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568753

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Recommended Books

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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)