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Mortuary Chapels Archway and Spire in Middlewich Cemetery

A Grade II Listed Building in Middlewich, Cheshire East

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1952 / 53°11'42"N

Longitude: -2.4522 / 2°27'7"W

OS Eastings: 369888

OS Northings: 366558

OS Grid: SJ698665

Mapcode National: GBR 7W.2QW1

Mapcode Global: WH99L.9YKB

Plus Code: 9C5V5GWX+34

Entry Name: Mortuary Chapels Archway and Spire in Middlewich Cemetery

Listing Date: 5 December 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1330024

English Heritage Legacy ID: 56356

ID on this website: 101330024

Location: Middlewich Cemetery, Newtonia, Cheshire East, Cheshire, CW10

County: Cheshire East

Civil Parish: Middlewich

Built-Up Area: Middlewich

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Middlewich St Michael and All Angels

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: Sepulchral chapel

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Description


MIDDLEWICH C.P. CHESTER ROAD
SJ 66 NE North Sides

1/25 Mortuary Chapels Archway
and Spire in Middlewich
Cemetery

GV II

Pair of parallel cemetery chapels linked by archway with spire, 1859
by Bellamy and Hardy, yellow stone in small coursed rock-faced blocks
with ashlar dressings; graded grey slate roofs. C13 style detail. Central
pinnacled ogee archway carries tower with diagonal buttresses, capped
by broach spire. Shoulder-arched doorway to each chapel, under
central archway; gabled porch on outer side of each chapel; 3-light
Geometrical window in each front gable; 2-light window on each rear
gable; pinnacles and, on front gables, ornate stone openwork cresting.
A vigorously expressed landmark.
Interiors not inspected.


Listing NGR: SJ6988866558

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