Cemetery Chapels is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. Chapel. 6 related planning applications.
Cemetery Chapels
- WRENN ID
- winter-loft-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Cemetery Chapels, Apton Road, Bishop's Stortford
- OS grid reference
- TL 485 206
- Coordinates
- 51.86498, 0.15651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two identical cemetery chapels were built in 1855 by C E Pritchett. They are positioned facing each other within the cemetery, where pathways extend outwards. The chapels are constructed with flint walls featuring rough granite banding and limestone dressings. They have steep slate tile roofs and an oblong plan, each being a single storey in height. They are designed in the Perpendicular style. Each front gable end features a Tudor-style door, foliated spandrels, and stops. A square window is set within the gable, containing four quatrefoils. There are three traceried windows on the sides and a three-light pointed window at the rear. The east chapel remains in use and has an open trussed roof.
Local climate
Cemetery Chapels sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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