Mortuary Chapel in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Bristol, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1977. Chapel.
Mortuary Chapel in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- mired-terrace-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol North West MP: Darren Jones (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1977
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Mortuary Chapel in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Church Close
- OS grid reference
- ST 562 788
- Coordinates
- 51.50655, -2.63111
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The mortuary chapel, built around 1830, is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary in Henbury, Bristol. Constructed from squared coursed Lias with limestone dressings, it features a stone rear stack and a slate roof, showcasing an Early English Gothic Revival style. The chapel is small with coped gables and a parapet. The east end has three stepped lancets set between clasping buttresses, topped with a quatrefoil in the steep gable. The north side has three bays of lancet windows, with the middle window slightly projecting between buttresses and featuring a parapeted gable. On the south side, there is a central chimney breast leading to a decapitated octagonal stack. The attached wall at the west end includes a pointed doorway beneath a cornice and parapet. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, Thomas Rickman was involved in the construction of both the church and the nearby village hall during this period and may have designed the chapel as well.
Local climate
Mortuary Chapel in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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