Leverington Cemetery Chapel

WISBECH LEVERINGTON ROAD TF 41 SE (South Side) 2/62 Leverington Cemetery 19.11.76 Chapel II

Cemetery mortuary chapel built c.1835. By William Adams of Wisbech. Doric design. Yellow gault brick with stone and Roman cement dressings. Shallow pitched slate roof. One storey. Pilasters at quoins and 'bays', with bases on deep moulded plinth. Pediments with stone copings. 'General Cemetery' painted on frieze above double entrance facing east. West facade has large central window, now boarded, with gauged brick arches, imposts and keyblocks, and two small flanking windows. Covering nearly 2 1/2 acres the cemetery is now in a derelict condition. The tombstones have been carefully plotted and recorded by Mr. E. Golding. None are of outstanding quality, though their intrinsic value (ie record of C19 history) to Wisbech should be considered. See Eric Golding cemetery survey, 1981, W. & F. Mus. S. Smith (b.1802, d.1892), collection of photographs, 1856. W. & F. Mus. Craddock and Walker, History of Wisbech, print, 1849. Gardiner, History of Wisbech, p.188, 1898.

Listing NGR: TF4588610259