Chapel At Northern Cemetery

The Chapel at Northern Cemetery is a cemetery chapel built in 1912, designed by architect Joseph H. Hirst, who served as the City Architect. It is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and features gabled slate and flat asphalt roofs. The chapel has a distinctive polychrome banded rear wall stack and consists of a two-storey main building surrounded on all sides by single-storey flat-roofed aisles, porches, and toilet blocks.

The main block showcases polychrome bands, quoins, an eaves band, dentillated eaves, and open pediments with dentillation at the gables. The front gable features a prominent central ashlar element with a round-arched window flanked by pilasters, topped by a broken segmental pediment and an elongated keystone. On either side of this central feature, there are three round-arched metal-framed glazing bar windows with corbelled sills and keystones. The rear gable contains a central window with a round-arched surround.

The single-storey ranges are adorned with string courses and moulded cornices. The front porch is notable for its large broken segmental pediment, which frames a moulded panel topped with a cross, supported by paired Doric columns that flank a pair of doors. Adjacent to the porch are single windows on either side, along with similar windows in the return angle. The corners of the building feature projecting pavilions with pairs of recessed doors, while the aisles each contain three single windows. The rear of the chapel has a blank central section flanked by projecting pavilions, each with a single door, and each return has two single windows.

Inside, the chapel features a moulded cornice below round-arched upper windows. At the front, there are three round arches supported by square piers; the central arch accommodates a curtained catafalque, while the outer arches have marble reading desks. At the rear, a gallery is supported by two square Doric columns. Each aisle bay forms a recess flanked by Doric columns, and the interior is furnished with panelled oak benches throughout.