Mortuary Chapel at Non Conformist Burial Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1978. Chapel.
Mortuary Chapel at Non Conformist Burial Ground
- WRENN ID
- plain-landing-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1978
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Mortuary Chapel at Non Conformist Burial Ground, Boreham Road, Warminster, BA12 9JP
- OS grid reference
- ST 880 447
- Coordinates
- 51.20179, -2.17282
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mortuary Chapel at the Non-Conformist Burial Ground, built around 1822, features an ashlar fronted screen that serves as a shelter. It has a slight central pedimented break supported by paired pilasters. The frieze includes the inscription "Mors Janua Vitae." There are pilasters on the sides, along with a cornice and a blocking course. The central entrance is framed by a moulded architrave. The architect W J Stent is commemorated on the north wall of this small burial ground with a series of bronze belts of philacteries.
Local climate
Mortuary Chapel at Non Conformist Burial Ground receives an average of 850 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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