East And West Chapels, Kingston Cemetery

The East and West Chapels, located within Kingston Cemetery, are a pair of identical buildings constructed around 1858, likely designed by George Rake. They are built of flint with stone dressings and have slate roofs. The buildings demonstrate a Neo-Gothic style.

The chapels share a three-bay nave plan, with a porch positioned at the west end of the East Chapel and the east end of the West Chapel. The East Chapel's west face features a central porch with a recessed, boarded two-leaf door secured with ornate iron strap hinges. The porch's pointed arch is flanked by paired columns and has an ogee dripstone. A facing stone coped gable rises above the porch, ornamented with flanking pinnacles. Low octagonal wings extend from either side, each with a short stepped buttress at each corner. A flat arched, cusped stone window, set within rusticated stone jambs, is centrally located on each wing, with similar windows on the north and south faces. A moulded band runs along the elevation. Behind the porch is an octagonal bell tower featuring splayed stone corners at the base and narrow, pointed, louvred openings to each face. The tower is topped with a cornice and splayed, pyramidal roof. A facing gable to the nave is situated behind the tower, featuring stone kneelers. The south face exhibits three geometrically traceried stone windows, each with a pointed arch, moulded label with dropped bosses, and splayed, rusticated stone jambs. The windows contain diamond-patterned leaded lights. Flanking stepped buttresses feature rusticated stone quoins, moulded bases, and weather stone with small facing pediments. The north face is similar. The west face has stepped clasping buttresses and a central, three-light stone, geometrically traceried window with diamond-patterned leaded lights, set under a pointed arch.

The interior of the East Chapel's nave has three bays, showcasing curved hammer beam trusses supported by wall posts on carved stone corbels. The underside of the rafters is diagonally boarded. The west porch features a stone, cross-vaulted ceiling with a central boss and vaults springing from round wall corbels. Pointed, boarded doors lead to vestries. The former West Chapel, now used as a store, is structurally identical to the East Chapel, with a porch located at its east end and a sanctuary at the west.