Description

ST51NE
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YEOVIL CP
PRESTON ROAD (North side)Twin Cemetery Chapels:b)Westernmost;for Non-Conformists

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Cemetery chapel of 1863:Local stone ashlar with Ham stone dressings,Welsh slated roofs.One of twin(handed)chapels:Greek cross plan with added colonade porch to East: South transept in form of an angled chevet;Romanesque style with some polychromy. Corner buttresses porch has semi-circular headed entrance archway with small side shafts;the returns have a semi-circular arched opening split by a column and heavily cusped tracery.South elevation has cusped lancet to'nave'bay,then plate tracery in semi-circular arches to the chevet,and further cusped lancet to'chancel'bay;corner buttresses with Quasi-dentilled eaves course.Triple window to West end,the centre light being divided centrally,with decorated capitals/imposts.North elevation similar to South,but with the chevet replaced by flat table with pair of doors.Small circular window in East wall over porch.Central over crossing a short gabled turret with square fine-line termination.Interior not inspected.Although architecturally adequate on its own,its value is enhanced by the'twin'opposite.

Listing NGR: ST5508416579

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26629711

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)