Cemetery Chapel, Caister Cemetery

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

TG 51 SW CAISTER ON SEA ORMESBY ROAD (west side)

5/3 Cemetery Chapel, Caister Cemetery

- II

Cemetery chapel. 1902. Brick with concrete plain tiles to roof. Chapel with, to west, narthex and 2 rooms. Rounded entrance arch in south wall of narthex flanked by 2 2-light traceried windows. Brick pilasters rise to pinnacles between each of which is concave parapet. West end of narthex in 3 bays, each bay defined by brick buttresses. 3 3-light segmental-headed windows. Parapet below hipped roof. Roof with ridge stack. Chapel is of 4 bays, again with brick buttresses and 3-light segmental-headed windows. Gabled roof. 5-light east window, arched, between brick buttresses. To each side of buttresses a short full height screen wall. Interior. Boarded dado to chapel. Queen post roof with 4 arched braces rising from queen posts to collar purlins and collars. Tie beams on arched braces dropping through wall posts to corbels.

Roof boarded above collar.

Listing NGR: TG5186012611

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0774 IOE Records taken by Nigel Gallant; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Nigel Gallant. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project