Mortuary Chapel in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary
MORTUARY CHAPEL IN THE CHURCHYARD OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH CLOSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1202067
- Date first listed:
- 04-Mar-1977
- List Entry Name:
- Mortuary Chapel in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- MORTUARY CHAPEL IN THE CHURCHYARD OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH CLOSE
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- Date:
- 1999-10-13
- Reference:
- IOE01/00479/15
- Rights:
- © Mr Cyril N. Chapman. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1202067
- Date first listed:
- 04-Mar-1977
- List Entry Name:
- Mortuary Chapel in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- MORTUARY CHAPEL IN THE CHURCHYARD OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH CLOSE
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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:
- MORTUARY CHAPEL IN THE CHURCHYARD OF THE CHURCH OF ST MARY, CHURCH CLOSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 56295 78813
Details
BRISTOL
ST5678NW CHURCH CLOSE, Henbury 901-1/17/1325 (West side) 04/03/77 Mortuary chapel in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary
GV II
Mortuary chapel. c1830. Squared coursed Lias with limestone dressings, stone rear stack and a slate roof. Early English Gothic Revival style. A small chapel with coped gables and parapet. 3 stepped lancets in the E end between clasping buttresses, with a quatrefoil in the steep gable; 3-bay N side of lancet windows, the middle one with a parapeted gable projecting slightly between buttresses; the S side has a central chimney breast to a decapitated octagonal stack; attached wall at the W end has a pointed doorway beneath a cornice and parapet. INTERIOR not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: Thomas Rickman was working on both the church and nearby village hall, in squared Lias, at this period, and may have designed the chapel too.
Listing NGR: ST5629578813
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 379139
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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