Description

LEEDS

SE33SW MIDDLETON ROAD
714-1/11/247 (East side (off))
07/05/96 Hunslet Cemetery Chapels

GV II

Cemetery chapels. Mid C19. Coursed squared gritstone, slate
roof (diminishing courses). Neo-Norman style. Single building,
6 bays.
Paired entrances in short gabled porch projecting on the E
side: double board doors, Norman-style arches, paired attached
columns, in chamfered projection with stepped hoodmould, high
coped gable above with round window, corner buttresses, left
and right return have 4-light round arched window and corbel
table above. The chapels have round-headed windows with
attached columns, pilasters between break line of sill
moulding and corbel table, wide gable coping, gabled bellcote
at each end. The N and S ends have round-arched doorway as
main entrance.
Set centrally against the W wall and directly opposite the
cemetery gateway is a memorial stone to Charles Grosvenor of
Hunslet, d.1867, pink and grey polished granite, cusped arch
with paired attached columns, gabled top with monogram, 'CG'
and '1870', heraldic dog at apex.
INTERIOR: the southern chapel and entrance re-ordered and
dividing wall removed; northern end not inspected.

Listing NGR: SE3151230368

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26655989

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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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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey