Cemetery Mortuary Chapels

The cemetery mortuary chapels, built in 1858 for Thomas Brown and designed by James Mountford Allen, are made of Ham Hill stone ashlar and feature Welsh slate roofs with moulded coping and finials at the gable ends. These chapels consist of a pair connected by an integral carriageway and porches, with the Church of England chapel located to the north and a Non-conformist chapel to the south, which is currently used as a gardener's store. The design is in the Decorated style.

The west front showcases chapel gable ends on either side, each featuring large 3-light geometric traceried windows. The central carriageway has a moulded 2-centred arch, flanked by two 2-light depressed 2-centred arch traceried windows leading to the porches. Above the carriageway arch, there is a raised parapet with a wrought-iron finial. The east sides of the chapels also have similar 3-light windows with geometric tracery. Both the north and south sides have three bays with smaller 2-light geometric tracery windows, separated by buttresses and angle buttresses at the corners, which have weathered set-offs and gabled tops. The windows are adorned with hoodmoulds featuring headstops, and the west windows include nook-shafts. The structure has a moulded plinth and string course, with the inner sides of the chapels having porches accessed from the carriageway.

Inside, both chapels have plastered walls and impressive 3-bay hammerbeam roofs supported by moulded arched braces and carved stone angel corbels. The seating includes benches with traceried fronts and poppyhead ends at the reading desks, along with diamond-leaded pane windows that have clear glass and stanchion bars.

Historically, the 4-acre cemetery was established in 1857 at a cost of £3,000 and contains monuments to notable figures such as James Gillingham, the inventor of artificial limbs who died in 1924, and John Stringfellow, who created the first engine-driven aeroplane.