Nonconformist Mortuary Chapel, Arnos Vale Cemetery is a Grade II* listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1966. Chapel.

Nonconformist Mortuary Chapel, Arnos Vale Cemetery

WRENN ID
lost-groin-dew
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol East MP: Kerry McCarthy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 November 1966
Type
Chapel
Address
Nonconformist Mortuary Chapel, Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bath Road
OS grid reference
ST 607 715
Coordinates
51.44142, -2.56624
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Nonconformist Mortuary Chapel at Arnos Vale Cemetery, built around 1840 by Charles Underwood, features a basement made of pennant rubble and is constructed from limestone with a slate roof. The chapel has an open plan and is a single storey above a vault. Access is provided by steps with plinths on either side, leading up to a simple Greek Ionic tetrastyle portico that has engaged antae, banded rustication, and a plain architrave around the doorway. The entrance includes a 20th-century door and a window with a rectangular overlight. The sides of the chapel are plain and unpierced, while the rear has three tall rectangular windows separated by pilasters. There is also a 20th-century single-storey addition made of Portland stone beneath the rear window. The interior was remodeled around 1950.

Local climate

Nonconformist Mortuary Chapel, Arnos Vale Cemetery receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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