New Chapel At General Cemetery

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SK3485NW CEMETERY ROAD 784-1/37/163 (North West side) 08/09/70 New Chapel at General Cemetery

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Cemetery chapel. 1848. By William Flockton. Coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and fish scale slate roof. Gothic Revival style. Plinth, buttresses, coped parapet and gable. Windows have hoodmoulds and are bricked up. Single compartment main body, 4 bays, with large west tower and spire. Main body has to east a 4-light pointed arched window with flamboyant tracery and hoodmould with angel stops. On each side, 4 traceried 2-light pointed arched windows. Tower, 3 stages, has crocketed gabled angle buttresses, 3 set-offs, string courses and corbel table. First stage has a heavily moulded archway to north and south, with hoodmould and responds. Under the archway, a moulded doorway with hoodmould and filleted shafts. To west, a 2-light pointed arched window. Second stage has a single lancet on 3 sides, with chamfered flat-headed surrounds. Bell stage has a moulded opening on each side with a traceried 2-light pointed arched bell-opening. Octagonal broach spire has 3 tiers of lucarnes on alternate faces, with crocketed gables. INTERIOR not inspected. Building vacant and disused at time of survey. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Yorkshire: The West Riding: London: 1967-: 459).

Listing NGR: SK3427785898