Pair of Cemetery Chapels is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1983. Chapels. 3 related planning applications.

Pair of Cemetery Chapels

WRENN ID
guardian-kitchen-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Malvern Hills
Constituency
West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1983
Type
Chapels
Address
Pair of Cemetery Chapels, Rectory Road, Upton-Upon-Severn, WR8 0LU
OS grid reference
SO 853 400
Coordinates
52.05875, -2.21502
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This pair of cemetery chapels, designed by G R Clarke in 1867, is located on Rectory Road in Upton-upon-Severn. The chapels are built in stone and feature a distinctive T plan, with the Anglican Chapel oriented east-west and the office and Dissenters Chapel in an attached range running north. A picturesque bell tower sits over the office, topped with a plain tiled pyramid roof and featuring paired bell openings and an iron cross. The Gothic arched door has carved heads, while the Dissenters Chapel has three bays with lancet windows. The Anglican Chapel also has three bays, including a three-sided apse, and features trefoil-headed lancets, both single and paired, along with a three-light window. Inside, there are three stained glass windows, including an east window from around 1870 by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, and two south windows from around 1875. Notably, the architect G R Clarke, who lived from 1829 to 1908, is buried to the southeast of this chapel.

Local climate

Pair of Cemetery Chapels receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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