Chapel at Northern Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1994. Cemetery chapel. 1 related planning application.
Chapel at Northern Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- bitter-marble-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kingston upon Hull, City of
- Constituency
- Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham MP: Dame Diana Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1994
- Type
- Cemetery chapel
- Address
- Chapel at Northern Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue
- OS grid reference
- TA 071 312
- Coordinates
- 53.76691, -0.37529
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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.
Local climate
Chapel at Northern Cemetery receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% 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 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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