Crematorium And Adjoining Chapels At City Road Cemetery

The crematorium and adjoining chapels at City Road Cemetery in Sheffield consist of a chapel, formerly Nonconformist, built in 1881 by ME Hadfield & Son for the Sheffield Burial Board, and a crematorium constructed between 1904 and 1905 by C & CM Hadfield for Sheffield City Council. There were additional chapel constructions and modifications in the mid-20th century. The buildings are made of coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings, featuring slate and stone slate roofs.

The crematorium, designed in a 14th-century style, is inspired by the Abbot's Kitchen at Glastonbury. It has an octagonal plan with diagonal buttresses at the corners, each topped with gargoyles. There is a string course and a moulded parapet. Three sides of the structure feature a four-light window with a flat head and label mould. The roof is octagonal and covered with stone slates, topped by a crenellated octagonal lantern that encloses a square metal stack. Each side has glazed two-light windows.

The adjoining chapel to the northwest is built in the Perpendicular style and includes a plinth, sill band, coped parapet, and gables. The west gable has a central projection topped with a gabled double bell turret featuring an octagonal finial. On either side of this projection are traceried two-light windows with transoms and hood moulds. The east gable has diagonal buttresses and a five-light pointed arch window with panel tracery and a hood mould. The north side has two flat-headed two-light windows flanked by buttresses, with similar three-light windows beyond, all featuring label moulds. The southeast side has a two-light window. The northwest porch has a shouldered coped gable with a two-light window, along with a doorway and window in the return angle. The mid-20th century chapel to the south includes a tall three-light window on the south side and single-storey porches and projections on the east and west sides. The interior has not been inspected.