Non-conformist Mortuary Chapel at east end of Chapel Avenue, City of London Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Newham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1984. Chapel.

Non-conformist Mortuary Chapel at east end of Chapel Avenue, City of London Cemetery

WRENN ID
quiet-foundation-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newham
Constituency
East Ham MP: Sir Stephen Timms (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1984
Type
Chapel
Address
Non-conformist Mortuary Chapel at east end of Chapel Avenue, City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Road
OS grid reference
TQ 420 866
Coordinates
51.5604, 0.04781
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Non-conformist Mortuary Chapel, located at the east end of Chapel Avenue in the City of London Cemetery, was built in 1855 by William Haywood. It is constructed of rubblestone with ashlar dressings and features a decorated Gothic style. The chapel has a tiled pitched roof that culminates in a parapet. It consists of a short nave with an octagonal pyramidal roof at the altar end and is supported by buttresses. The south elevation has a gabled central entrance flanked by two bays of blind arcading on each side, with a circular traceried window above. The other windows are single light with pointed traceried heads. A small crocketed bellcote is positioned to the right of the entrance gable, and there are gabled chimneys over the windows on either side of the entrance. The parapet is adorned with pinnacles and thick carved decoration around the parapet and windows. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

Non-conformist Mortuary Chapel at east end of Chapel Avenue, City of London Cemetery sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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