New Malton Cemetery Chapel And Chapel Of Rest

MALTON

SE7872 PRINCESS ROAD 801-1/6/118 (North side (off)) New Malton Cemetery Chapel and Chapel of Rest

GV II

Cemetery chapel and Chapel of Rest. c1860. Rockfaced sandstone with ashlar quoins and dressings, on chamfered plinth; steeply pitched slate roofs with coped gables. 1-bay gable wall of chapel of rest to west; 1-storey 3-bay chapel to east; linked by 2-bay cross-gabled porch and vestibule range, arranged 1/2:1:1/2. Porch has 2-centred arch of 3 chamfered orders, the inner on foliate shafted corbels, the outer continuous; blind quatrefoil moulding in gable apex, and wrought-iron finial on moulded trefoil base at each end of crossgable. In centre of crossgable, gabled bellcote on chamfered plinth, with trefoiled opening beneath pointed hoodmould on foliate stops, and blind trefoil moulding in apex. Wrought-iron gable finial on roll-moulded base, and ballflower corbel table at base of gable coping. On each side of porch, single cinquefoiled lancet to flanking vestibules. Chapel of Rest entered from east, through vestibule within porch, with board double doors on wrought-iron hinges in 2-centred arched opening. Windows flanking vestibule are cinquefoiled lancets. West side has 3 similar lights, separated by dwarf buttresses with offsets. Diagonal buttressed north and south gable walls have windows of 3 trefoiled lights beneath foiled circle tracery, and pointed hoodmoulds on foliate stops; chamfered sillband. Moulded fleur-de-lys gable finials at each end. Chapel entered at west end, through vestibule within porch. Details largely repeat those of Chapel of Rest, with trefoil-headed windows, and east window of cinquefoiled lights with 6-pointed star in the head. Wheel gable crosses. All openings are quoined and chamfered, and windows have diamond lattice glazing throughout.

Listing NGR: SE7872872136