Former Chapel and Crematorium at Hedon Road Cemetery
FORMER CHAPEL AND CREMATORIUM AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY, HEDON ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197740
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Former Chapel and Crematorium at Hedon Road Cemetery
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER CHAPEL AND CREMATORIUM AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY, HEDON ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2007-02-18
- Reference:
- IOE01/16147/24
- Rights:
- © Mr Brian Callan. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1197740
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Former Chapel and Crematorium at Hedon Road Cemetery
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER CHAPEL AND CREMATORIUM AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY, HEDON ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER CHAPEL AND CREMATORIUM AT HEDON ROAD CEMETERY, HEDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Kingston upon Hull (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TA 12930 29681
Details
This List entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 30/03/2017
TA 12 NW,
680-1/9/156
KINGSTON UPON HULL,
HEDON ROAD (North side (off)), Former chapel and crematorium at Hedon Road Cemetery
GV
II
Cemetery chapel and crematorium, now disused. Dated 1899,
almost certainly designed by Joseph H. Hirst. Restored mid C20 and disused from c1963.
Red brick, with ashlar dressings and slate roofs.
Perpendicular Gothic style. Plinth, string courses, sill band,
coped gables with crosses.
T plan with west porch, and central tower on south side.
Angle buttressed east end has a 4-light lancet with bar
tracery and moulded surround with hoodmould. To its right, a
door with label mould. Above, in the gable, a single lancet
with hoodmould. North side has has two squat triple lancets with
moulded heads and hoodmoulds.
Western cross wing has a 4-light lancet in each gable, with
bar tracery and stepped sill band, and above it, a single
lancet opening. West corners have angle buttresses.
On the west side, a flat-roofed single-storey projection with
a central gabled porch with pointed-arched doorway and
hoodmould. Returns have two flat-headed windows.
Square tower, to south, combines bell tower and chimney.
Four stages, the lower stages with string course and flush stone
bands. Deep moulded and modillion eaves to steep pitched
pyramidal roof with central square flue. Lower stage has on
either side a single-storey toilet with a flat-headed window.
Second stage has on three sides a single lancet with hoodmould.
Third stage has a similar lancet on each side. Above a moulded
cornice, bell stage with corner shafts and two single lancet
louvred openings on each side, with linked hoodmoulds.
The crematorium, originally coke-fired, is reputed to be the
first municipal crematorium to be opened in England.
Listing NGR: TA1293029681
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 387572
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Neave, D & S, Hull, Pevsner Architectural Guide, (2010), 180
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 21-Jun-2026 at 03:51:08.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.