Mortuary Chapel At Hatfield Cemetery

The Mortuary Chapel at Hatfield Cemetery, built in 1884 by Edwin Dolby of Abingdon, is a Grade II listed building. It features thinly-coursed, rock-faced sandstone with ashlar limestone dressings and a graduated Westmorland slate roof. The chapel is a single-storey, single-cell structure with symmetrical sides and gabled entrances, showcasing a Gothic Revival style.

On the south side, the entrance gable projects forward and includes a chamfered plinth and a moulded band that continues around the apse on the right. The moulded, pointed-arched doorway has a hoodmould that links to the gable kneelers, with a blank shield above the arch and an embattled string on each side. To the left of the entrance, there is a diagonal buttress with two single-light windows that have cusped panelled heads beneath square hoodmoulds, which are connected to the eaves cornice. The apse to the right of the doorway features similar two-light windows set beneath higher eaves. The left (west) gable has ashlar copings and an ashlar end stack positioned at the rear of the ridge. An octagonal flèche sits on the ridge above the doorway, adorned with cusped side openings and a leaded roof topped with a weathervane. The left return (west end) showcases a three-light window with a cambered head.

Inside, the chapel has plain brick walls with ashlar dressings and exposed queen-post trusses. Edwin Dolby is also noted for the 1862 restoration of Thorne Church of St. Nicholas.