Twin Chapels

Twin chapels, built in the mid-19th century, form part of Locksbrook Cemetery on the Upper Bristol Road. The north chapel serves as a Church of England mortuary chapel, while the south chapel is Non-conformist. The design is attributed to Hicks and Issac. The buildings are constructed primarily of randomly coursed Pennant stone with Bath Stone dressings, covered by a Welsh Slate roof with bands of scalloped heather-coloured slates and crested terracotta ridge tiles.

The chapels are aligned north-west to south-east, linked by a covered arcade with two raised, gabled carriage arches and a central bell tower. The south-east elevation features coped gables and large central windows with geometrical tracery, set against angle buttresses with steep stepped weatherings. The arcade has three bays with pointed arches resting on compound piers, decorated with stiff leaf capitals and abaci. Blind arcading runs along the inner north walls of the arcades, featuring pointed arches with cusped detail and former colonnettes, now lost. Angels project from the springing of each arch. The passage beneath the bell tower is vaulted with chamfered ribs and Bath Stone ashlar, supported by corbels carved with figures of Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The chapel doors are vertically boarded with decorative wrought iron hinges and latches. The bell tower is three-stage, with angle buttresses, stepped weatherings, and a tall, broached spire with lucarnes. The belfry has Y-tracery windows with scalloped wooden louvers. The north elevation mirrors the south-east side. Transverse gabled offices flank the returning inner elevations, featuring angle buttresses with stepped weatherings.

The interior was not inspected. Locksbrook Cemetery, designed by Milner, originally encompassed twelve acres of sloping ground north-west of the city.