Mortuary Chapels Archway and Spire in Middlewich Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1986. Chapel.

Mortuary Chapels Archway and Spire in Middlewich Cemetery

WRENN ID
fallen-niche-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Mid Cheshire MP: Andrew Cooper (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 December 1986
Type
Chapel
Address
Mortuary Chapels Archway and Spire in Middlewich Cemetery, Chester Road
OS grid reference
SJ 698 665
Coordinates
53.19526, -2.45217
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Mortuary Chapels Archway and Spire in Middlewich Cemetery, built in 1859 by Bellamy and Hardy, consist of a pair of parallel cemetery chapels connected by an archway featuring a spire. Constructed from yellow stone in small coursed rock-faced blocks with ashlar dressings, the chapels have graded grey slate roofs and display details in the 13th-century style. The central archway is topped with a pinnacled ogee arch that supports a tower with diagonal buttresses and a broach spire. Each chapel has a shoulder-arched doorway beneath the central archway, with a gabled porch on the outer side of each. The front gables feature a 3-light Geometrical window, while each rear gable has a 2-light window. The chapels are adorned with pinnacles and ornate stone openwork cresting on the front gables, making them a striking landmark. The interiors have not been inspected.

Local climate

Mortuary Chapels Archway and Spire in Middlewich Cemetery receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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