Former Chapels At The Old Cemetery

The former chapels at the Old Cemetery, designed by Michael Drury, were built in 1856 and are now disused. They are constructed from coursed and squared rubble with ashlar dressings and feature a plain tile roof. The buildings are designed in the Gothic Revival style, characterized by pointed arched windows and Geometrical tracery.

On the exterior, there is a chamfered and moulded plinth, a sill band, moulded eaves, and coped gables adorned with crosses and finials. The north side features a central gable with an archway and shafts, flanked by single gabled buttresses, and beyond this are single blocked 3-light windows. To the left, the octagonal east chapel has angle buttresses and three gables, each with a 4-light window, and roof gablets, although the fleche has been removed. To the right, the west chapel has an apsidal end and buttresses, with three bays containing six 2-light windows with hoodmoulds, and a 5-light window in the north gable.

There is a square north-west tower with three stages, which includes a gabled doorway with shafts on the north side. Above this doorway is a trefoiled vescia piscis, and to the east, there is a 2-light window. The third stage features a foiled corbel table and a rose window on the north side, while the other sides have 3-light windows. The spire has been removed.

Inside, the east chapel has an arch-braced conical roof with collars forming a corona, while the west chapel features a moulded stone arch leading to the apse and an arch-braced double purlin roof. Both chapels have foliage corbels. The cemetery itself was laid out by Henry Goddard.