Chapel of Nunhead Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Chapel. 1 related planning application.

Chapel of Nunhead Cemetery

WRENN ID
second-string-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southwark
Constituency
Peckham MP: Miatta Fahnbulleh (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Chapel
Address
Chapel of Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove
OS grid reference
TQ 354 755
Coordinates
51.46311, -0.05114
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chapel of Nunhead Cemetery is an Anglican cemetery chapel, now deconsecrated, built in 1844 by Thomas Little. It is constructed of rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings. The chapel features a square porte-cochere that leads into a transverse bay, which then opens into the main hexagonal space of the chapel. The impressive porte-cochere has a ribbed vault, four very tall and slender pinnacles, and intricate stone details in the Decorated style. At each end of the transverse bay, there are three-light windows with flowing tracery. There is one other visible window, which has two lights and similar reticulated tracery, while the remaining windows are obscured by ivy. Despite its current poor condition, the building remains a striking presence at the head of the avenue facing the main gates.

Local climate

Chapel of Nunhead Cemetery sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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