Cemetery Chapels

GODALMING NIGHTINGALE ROAD SU 9744 NW (west side, off) 8/185 Cemetery Chapels GV II

Cemetery chapels. 1857 (VCH p28), altered. Bargate rubblestone with ashlar dressings; plain tile roofs. U-shaped plan having 3-bay central range with chapels forming cross-wings. In Decorated style. Chamfered plinth. Central range: central gabled bay has walling rendered above plinth; full-width wood- framed window of 5 cusped lights, all but 2nd and 4th lights blind; in gable, arch-braced king-post set on head corbel; barge boards. Flanking bays have archway on inner side with decorative cast-iron gate and cusped opening beyond; each archway leads into internal porch having tiled floor and to each of the 3 sides a board door with decorative iron hinges (double doors to chapels). Chapels: each has offset diagonal buttresses, ovolo-sectioned sill band, a 3-light Decorated window with leafy stops to hoodmould, shaped kneelers, ashlar coping and decorative ridge tiles; a 1-light window to inner return; a 3-bay outer return with buttresses and a 2-light window flanked by 1-light windows. Rear: a 3-light window to each chapel. Central range has a central board door with offset stack rising above it, and flanking 2-light windows. V.C.H, Surrey, Vol III (1911)

Listing NGR: SU9715944650