Former Mortuary Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1975. Chapel.
Former Mortuary Chapel
- WRENN ID
- odd-groin-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1975
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Former Mortuary Chapel, Bathwick Street
- OS grid reference
- ST 754 654
- Coordinates
- 51.38772, -2.35465
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former mortuary chapel, built around 1820 by architect John Pinch, is a ruined structure located on the south side of Bathwick Street. It was constructed using limestone ashlar from the old church that was demolished in 1818. The chapel features a three-bay plan with a north-west tower.
The tower is three stages high and has off-set angle buttresses. It includes an ogee-arched dripmould over a two-light opening, with four pierced quatrefoils in each light of the bell openings at the third stage. The second stage has a shallow pointed arch and dripmould above a two-light window, along with a similar arch above a former door. The nave is marked by thin off-set recessed buttresses, and a three-light window on the south-east side features intersecting tracery, a dripmould, and an oval plaque to the left. The chapel currently has no roof.
Although the interior was not inspected, it is said to include the chancel arch from the old church, while the font has been moved to St Mary's. Notably, John Pinch, the architect of this chapel, is buried nearby on its south side.
Local climate
Former Mortuary Chapel receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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