Mortuary Chapel at St Mary's Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 2016. Chapel.
Mortuary Chapel at St Mary's Abbey
- WRENN ID
- eternal-soffit-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 2016
- Type
- Chapel
- OS grid reference
- SK 008 214
- Coordinates
- 52.79045, -1.98899
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mortuary Chapel at St Mary's Abbey is a small chapel believed to date from the mid-19th century. It has a roughly square plan and faces west towards the burial ground. The building is constructed of stone and brick, topped with a slate roof.
The exterior features a gabled design, with the principal elevation showcasing a central timber door set within a pointed arch surround. This door is adorned with a moulded hoodmould and carved label stops, and is flanked by two-stage angle buttresses at the corners. Above the door, there is a window shaped like a Reuleaux triangle, which contains three trefoil openings, each filled with stained glass. An iron wall tie in the shape of a cross is positioned above the window. The gable is finished with moulded coping stones and a carved cross at the apex.
On the brick side elevations, there are single lancet openings framed in stone surrounds. The interior has not been inspected as of 2015.
Local climate
Mortuary Chapel at St Mary's Abbey receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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