Church of England Chapel in Manchester Southern Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Chapel. 2 related planning applications.

Church of England Chapel in Manchester Southern Cemetery

WRENN ID
half-doorway-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Withington MP: Jeff Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
Chapel
Address
Church of England Chapel in Manchester Southern Cemetery, M21 7GL
OS grid reference
SJ 828 925
Coordinates
53.42955, -2.25902
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of England Chapel in Manchester Southern Cemetery is a cemetery chapel built in 1879. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble and features slate roofs with red cockscomb ridge tiles, designed in a Gothic style. The chapel has a nave oriented on a north-south axis, with a north chancel, a low west aisle, coupled east transepts, a south-west tower that incorporates a porch, and a north-west vestry.

The short nave is supported by angle buttresses and has a 2-centred arched window in the south gable wall. The low west aisle contains five small octagonal windows and an ashlar parapet, along with a dormer window in the roof of the nave above it. The square tower consists of two unequal stages, featuring set-back buttresses up to the belfry level and corner pilasters. It is topped with a pyramidal spire that has a tall finial and a weathervane. The entrance includes a 2-centred arched doorway with a moulded surround, a hoodmould, a gablet, and cast-iron gates, while each side of the belfry has a tall louvred lancet.

The low gabled vestry is supported by angle buttresses and has a 2-centred arched doorway in its gable wall. Although the interior has not been inspected, this chapel, along with a Nonconformist chapel and a Roman Catholic chapel, forms part of an intact set of three cemetery chapels that vary in form but share a matching style.

Local climate

Church of England Chapel in Manchester Southern Cemetery sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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