Non Conformist Mortuary Chapel, London Road Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. A C19 Chapel.
Non Conformist Mortuary Chapel, London Road Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- rooted-eave-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1986
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Non Conformist Mortuary Chapel, London Road Cemetery, Wellingborough
- OS grid reference
- SP 895 675
- Coordinates
- 52.29841, -0.68776
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Non-conformist mortuary chapel at London Road cemetery was built around 1857-58 by E.F. Law. It is constructed from squared coursed and rusticated limestone with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof. This single-storey chapel has a gable entrance front that includes a pair of central plank doors with decorative hinges set beneath a pointed chamfered arch. Above the doors, there is a three-light window in the Decorated style, complete with tracery.
To the right of the entrance, a small two-stage square tower features lancet windows on the lower stage and two-light bell chamber openings on the upper stage. The chapel is adorned with an ashlar cornice that has a corbel table and corner gargoyles. The broach spire is covered in fish-scale slate and topped with a metal cross finial. The side elevations consist of a three-window range, while the rear elevation has a one-window range, all similar to the entrance front, with two-stage buttresses at the corners and between the window ranges. There is a gabled porch attached to the left side elevation. The interior has not been inspected. This chapel is part of a planned cemetery layout that includes a Church of England mortuary chapel and the cemetery itself.
Local climate
Non Conformist Mortuary Chapel, London Road Cemetery sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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