Description

PARISH OF ILKESTON PARK CRESCENT
SK 44 SE
3/51 (North Side)
Cemetery Chapels
GV II

Pair of cemetery chapels. 1910 by A J Kilford, the Borough
Surveyor. Late C13 gothic style. Coursed squared rock-faced
limestone with gritstone dressings. Welsh slate roofs with
decorative ridge stack. Double chamfered plinth and moulded
stringcourse. Pair of gabled chapels linked by passages to
central carriageway with tower and spire above. South
elevation. Central double chamfered gothic archway, the inner
order on corbels. Flanked by angle buttresses. 2-light Dec
style bell-opening above. Quatrefoil frieze above and four
crocketed pinnacles. Hexagonal stone spire with a band of
quatrefoils at half height. Short passageways on either side
have single lancets with hoodmoulds. Steeply gabled chapels
have angle buttresses and large 5-light windows with geometrical
tracery. Small quatrefoils in circles above. Similar 5-light
windows to north. The side elevations have steeply gabled
porches and cusped 2-light windows.

Listing NGR: SK4699841709

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614505

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)