ANGLICAN CEMETERY CHAPEL, ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD

ANGLICAN CEMETERY CHAPEL, ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD, BATHWICK CEMETERY ROAD

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An Anglican cemetery chapel, dating from 1855-6, designed by Thomas Fuller (1823-1898). Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392521
Date first listed:: 09-Apr-2008
List Entry Name:: ANGLICAN CEMETERY CHAPEL, ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD
Statutory Address:: ANGLICAN CEMETERY CHAPEL, ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD, BATHWICK CEMETERY ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1392521
Date first listed:: 09-Apr-2008
List Entry Name:: ANGLICAN CEMETERY CHAPEL, ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD
Statutory Address 1:: ANGLICAN CEMETERY CHAPEL, ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD, BATHWICK CEMETERY ROAD

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: ANGLICAN CEMETERY CHAPEL, ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD, BATHWICK CEMETERY ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Bath and North East Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: ST 76308 64132

Reasons for Designation

The Anglican cemetery chapel at St Mary's Churchyard has been listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * The chapel is a well-preserved and picturesque example of a mid-C19 cemetery chapel * It is an elegant and well-proportioned chapel by a recognised architect, Thomas Fuller, who designed other listed buildings in the area * The building is largely unaltered since its completion in 1856, and retains its interesting scissor-braced roof structure intact * The chapel is intimately connected with its setting, playing a pivotal role in the landscape design of the cemetery

Details

1065/0/10007 BATHWICK CEMETERY ROAD 09-APR-08 ANGLICAN CEMETERY CHAPEL, ST MARY'S CH URCHYARD

II An Anglican cemetery chapel, dating from 1855-6, designed by Thomas Fuller (1823-1898).

MATERIALS: The building is constructed from limestone ashlar with limestone dressings, set under a Welsh slate roof.

PLAN: A single rectangular cell, oriented east-west.

EXTERIOR: The building is Early English in style, a high single storey with stepped buttresses. The west end has a central pointed arched entrance doorway, with the arch springing from two orders of columns with stiff leaf capitals, and a chevron moulding. The double plank doors are ledged and braced, and externally have elaborate and decorative wrought iron hinges extending across much of their area. In the gable end above the doorway is a small bulls-eye window with a moulded surround, and there is a gabled bellcote at the apex. The return elevations are of three bays, each with a single lancet window; the east end has a triple lancet window. The gables have moulded and carved kneelers.

INTERIOR: The interior is very plain, with the ashlar left unplastered. There are vestiges of texts painted to either side of the east window. The building retains an interesting scissor-braced roof, the trusses rising from moulded corbels.

HISTORY: Bathwick or Smallcombe Cemetery, the Anglican portion of which is also known as St Mary's Churchyard, was laid out in two phases, in 1856 and 1861. The site is an isolated and intimate one, despite its proximity to the city centre; it is surrounded by farmland and commands view across the city. The eastern end is bounded by a coped wall with two gateways with tall, stepped piers. There are two chapels, the Anglican chapel of 1855-6 by Thomas Fuller, and the nearby Nonconformist chapel designed by A S Goodridge and built in c.1860-1. The cemetery includes several notable memorials, and, the poet A E Housman and the architect J Elkington Gill are buried in the grounds. The Anglican cemetery chapel dates from the first phase of development, 1855-6; its foundation stone was laid on 9 May 1855. The building was made redundant in 1992.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: The Anglican cemetery chapel at St Mary's Churchyard is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * The building is a well-preserved and picturesque example of a mid-C19 cemetery chapel * It is an elegant and well-proportioned chapel by a recognised architect, Thomas Fuller, who designed other listed buildings in the area * The building is largely unaltered since its completion in 1856, and retains its interesting scissor-braced roof structure intact * The chapel is intimately connected with its setting, playing a pivotal role in the landscape design of the cemetery

Legacy

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Legacy System number:: 504213
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.