North Chapel Bishopwearmouth Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1994. Chapel.

North Chapel Bishopwearmouth Cemetery

WRENN ID: veiled-postern-elder
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Sunderland
Country: England
Date first listed: 17 October 1994
Type: Chapel
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SUNDERLAND

NZ35NE CHESTER ROAD 920-1/4/34 (North side (off)) North Chapel Bishopwearmouth Cemetery

GV II

Municipal cemetery chapel, originally Roman Catholic but now used by all denominations. Possibly 1856 by Thomas Moore. Brick with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof with bands of Lakeland slate, terracotta ridge cresting, ashlar bellcote and gable copings. 3-bay nave with S porch, one-bay apsed chancel, defined by buttresses. Polygonal apse has hipped roof. Gabled porch has double boarded doors under elliptical lintel and timber framing to gable with cross finial to bargeboards. Paired cusped lancets on sill string have alternate block jambs; W elevation has 3 lancets separated by stepped buttresses rising to triple bellcote with high pyramidal spirelet and cross finial; 4-centred-arched cusped corbelling to centre of bellcote forms canopy to eroded statue set between buttresses on wall bracket.

Listing NGR: NZ3741756546

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