Mortuary Chapel at Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1975. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Mortuary Chapel at Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- scarred-buttress-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1975
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Mortuary Chapel at Cemetery, Old Road West, DA11 0LS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 640 732
- Coordinates
- 51.43422, 0.35932
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mortuary Chapel at the Cemetery was built around 1838 and designed by architect Amon Henry Wilds. This single-storey building is finished in stucco and features a Neo-Classical style. It has a parapet with a raised pedimented panel at the center and a wide moulded eaves cornice. The entrance is accentuated by a Doric portico supported by four engaged columns, with a round-headed arch in between. The main entrance consists of a six-panelled double door. The side elevations are marked by two buttresses and three sash windows, while the rear elevation includes a smaller portico with four engaged columns. The Mortuary Chapel, along with the Cemetery Gate and Lodges, is noted for its group value.
Local climate
Mortuary Chapel at Cemetery sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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