Cemetery Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1994. Chapel.
Cemetery Chapel
- WRENN ID
- white-quartz-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1994
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Cemetery Chapel, Radwinter Road, Saffron Walden
- OS grid reference
- TL 546 384
- Coordinates
- 52.02274, 0.25317
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cemetery Chapel, built in 1857 by architect James Pigott Pritchett, is a Grade II listed building located on Radwinter Road in Saffron Walden. This chapel is constructed from ragstone with ashlar dressings and features a fishscale slate roof adorned with cresting. Designed in the Decorated Gothic style, it consists of three bays and includes a northwest bell tower that incorporates a porch.
The north elevation showcases a two-stage square tower with an offset upper stage, which supports an open octagonal ashlar spire. This spire is decorated with gableted cinque-foil bell openings, offset buttresses topped with crocketted pinnacles, and a saltire weather-vane. The porch features a segmental pointed arch with carved headstops and a rib-vault with a central boss and demi-angel corbels. There are single trefoil-headed lancet windows under hood-moulds, with naturalistic foliage stops on the west side and pairs of similar windows on the east side, along with a pair above the entrance arch.
The body of the chapel has a plinth and buttresses, with two two-light traceried windows that have different carved headstops. The south elevation includes three similar windows, showcasing two types of tracery. The east wall features a three-light curvilinear window with headstops, and a floriated cross at the apex of the gable. The west end mirrors this design.
Inside, the chapel boasts an arched braced king-post roof supported by foliate corbels, a black and red ceramic tiled floor, and pews with traceried end panels.
Local climate
Cemetery Chapel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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