Mortuary Chapels is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1988. Chapel. 3 related planning applications.
Mortuary Chapels
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-step-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 May 1988
- Type
- Chapel
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST COLUMB MAJOR TREKENNING ROAD, St Columb Major SW 96 SW 7/258 Mortuary Chapels - GV II
Pair of mortuary chapels. Circa 1856. Squared granite rubble with granite dressings. Steep pitched slate roofs with crested ridge tiles and gable ends with raised coped verges. Plan: Symmetrical pair of mortuary chapels, each of single cell plan with gabled porch at the front gable end and ritual east at the rear. Gothic style. Exterior: Each chapel has granite plinth and weathered angle buttresses and buttresses to sides. The front has a gabled porch with 2-centred arched doorway; inner 2-centred arched doorway, door with raised fillets. Circular window above with 3 quatrefoils in tracery. Each side is of 2 bays divided by buttresses, with 2 lancets with hood moulds, some lattice glazing remaining. The rear has 3-light Perpendicular window with 2-centred arch and hood mould. Interior: The chapel to right is plain plastered inside, with 4-bay arched-brace roof, the central truss rising from stone corbels, with collar and king post.
Listing NGR: SW9089662720
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