East Mortuary Chapel Of Benfieldside Cemetery

NZ 15 SW CONSETT DURHAM ROAD

(South side) Blackhill 6/36 East mortuary chapel of Benfieldside cemetery GV II Mortuary chapel, now Parks and Cemeteries Department store-room.1876. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar plinth, quoins and dressings; Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings. T-plan; Decorated style. Aligned north- south, with nave and south transept, and porch in angle between the two. Ritual west gable, to front, has diagonally-boarded double doors in chamfered 2-centred arch with moulded, shafted surround; dripmould continuous with string on flanking coped buttresses; large wheel window above with cusped tracery; lancet in gable peak; porch to right has open arch below blind trefoil in gable peak; tower to right of main gable has shouldered and cusped lights below brattished parapet. Steeply-pitched stone coping below belfry with cusped arcade, and patterned bands on octagonal spire with wrought-iron finial. Left return has 2 vehicle doors inserted in buttressed bays, and panel in third bay containing spherical-triangular window. Right return transept gable has 2-light window with cusped plate tracery; large 4-light east window. Steeply-pitched roofs have gabled kneelers; elaborate stone cross finials.

Listing NGR: NZ1013351744