Nonconformist 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.

Nonconformist Chapel in Manchester Southern Cemetery

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Withington MP: Jeff Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
Chapel
Address
Nonconformist Chapel in Manchester Southern Cemetery, Barlow Moor Road
OS grid reference
SJ 826 925
Coordinates
53.42971, -2.26191
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Nonconformist 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, showcasing a Gothic style. The chapel has a nave oriented on a north-south axis, with a south-east tower that includes a porch and a north-east vestry.

The short nave is supported by angle buttresses and has a 2-centred arched window in the south gable wall, along with a cusped single-light window in the east wall. The tower, which is to the left, consists of four stages that are successively set back, culminating in an octagonal top stage with a short spire. This stage features a 2-centred arched doorway with a chamfered surround and gablet, corner pilasters above this level, a small lancet window on the short third stage, louvred 2-light belfry windows at the top, and pseudo-gargoyles at the corners.

The low gabled vestry has angle buttresses, a cusped lancet window in the gable wall, and a chimney that rises from the junction with the nave. Together with the Church of England chapel and the Roman Catholic chapel, this chapel forms part of an intact set of three cemetery chapels that, while varied in form, share a matching style.

Local climate

Nonconformist 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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