Twin Cemetery Chapels B) Westernmost for Non-Conformists is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1983. Cemetery chapel.
Twin Cemetery Chapels B) Westernmost for Non-Conformists
- WRENN ID
- scarred-cornice-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1983
- Type
- Cemetery chapel
- Address
- Twin Cemetery Chapels B) Westernmost for Non-Conformists, Preston Road, Yeovil
- OS grid reference
- ST 550 165
- Coordinates
- 50.94688, -2.64073
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The westernmost twin cemetery chapel for Non-Conformists, built in 1863, is constructed from local stone ashlar with Ham stone dressings and features Welsh slated roofs. This chapel is one of a pair of handed chapels designed in a Greek cross plan, with an added colonnade porch to the east. The south transept is shaped like an angled chevet and exhibits Romanesque style with some polychromy. The corner buttresses of the porch support a semi-circular headed entrance archway, which is flanked by small side shafts. The returns feature a semi-circular arched opening divided by a column and heavily cusped tracery.
On the south elevation, there is a cusped lancet window in the 'nave' bay, followed by plate tracery in semi-circular arches leading to the chevet, and another cusped lancet in the 'chancel' bay. The corner buttresses have a quasi-dentilled eaves course. The west end has a triple window, with the centre light divided centrally and decorated capitals and imposts. The north elevation mirrors the south, but the chevet is replaced by a flat table with a pair of doors. A small circular window is located in the east wall above the porch. At the crossing, there is a short gabled turret with a square fine-line termination. The interior has not been inspected. While this chapel is architecturally significant on its own, its value is further enhanced by its twin opposite.
Local climate
Twin Cemetery Chapels B) Westernmost for Non-Conformists receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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