Roman Catholic Mortuary Chapel at City Road Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1995. Chapel.

Roman Catholic Mortuary Chapel at City Road Cemetery

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sheffield
Constituency
Sheffield Heeley MP: Louise Haigh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 December 1995
Type
Chapel
OS grid reference
SK 375 862
Coordinates
53.37151, -1.43697
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Roman Catholic mortuary chapel of St Michael, built between 1898 and 1900, is located at City Road Cemetery in Sheffield. Designed by C Hadfield and funded by the Duke of Norfolk, this chapel is constructed from coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and features plain tile roofs, showcasing the Gothic Revival style.

The exterior includes a plinth, sill band, and buttresses. The hexagonal chancel has two single lancet windows on both the north and south sides, topped with a hexagonal lantern that features a larger single lancet on five sides and a round-arched trefoil window to the west. Both the chancel and lantern have hipped roofs, with the lantern crowned by a cross. The single-storey square sacristy has a coped parapet and a large square external corner stack with an octagonal flue, with single windows to the north and east, and a stone doorcase to the south that is blocked. The nave has a coped west gable with a finial, three single lancets on each side, and a graduated triple lancet in the west gable. The central west porch features a similar coped gable and finial, with a moulded round-arched double door.

Inside, the chapel has a hexagonal arcade under the lantern, with moulded pointed arches and hoodmoulds. Above the west arch is a round window, and the east end has a moulded segmental pointed recess. The nave features a lath and plaster groin vault with moulded wooden ribs and tie beams. The west end has a round cornered chamfered doorway with double doors. At the time of the survey, the building was vacant.

Local climate

Roman Catholic Mortuary Chapel at City Road Cemetery receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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