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Latitude: 53.6945 / 53°41'40"N
Longitude: -1.3116 / 1°18'41"W
OS Eastings: 445549
OS Northings: 422229
OS Grid: SE455222
Mapcode National: GBR MT8Q.TB
Mapcode Global: WHDC6.TDLK
Plus Code: 9C5WMMVQ+R8
Entry Name: Mortuary Chapel
Listing Date: 13 July 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1135426
English Heritage Legacy ID: 342698
ID on this website: 101135426
Location: Pontefract, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF8
County: Wakefield
Electoral Ward/Division: Pontefract North
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Pontefract
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Pontefract St Giles with St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Chapel
PONTEFRACT SKINNER LANE
SE 4522 SE
(west side, off)
Mortuary Chapel
5/59
13.7.87
II
Mortuary chapel, no longer used. c.1860. Rock-faced snecked stone with ashlar
dressings, Welsh slate roofs with fishscale bands. Decorated Gothic Revival
Style. The chapel is divided into two by an archway above which is a spire,
with linking vestibules, giving an elevation of 1:1:1:1:1 bays, the chapels having
3 bays to the side returns, the established church using the eastern half, and
non-conformist denominations the western half. Plinth. Pointed windows with --
Decorated-style tracery. The chapels project and have stepped setback buttresses,
3-light windows, and steep coped gables. Vestibules have 2-light windows and
lower steep coped gables. The central archway advances and has moulded pointed
arch dying into plain chamfered jambs; single-light opening above; broached spire
of coursed stone, with parapet pierced with trefoils; gargoyles; vents. Rear
is similar, but archway further recessed. Side returns: stepped buttresses
between bays and two-light shorter windows. Roofs have remains of decorative
clay ridge tiles. Pointed doorways within tower arch gives access to chapel
vestibules.
Listing NGR: SE4554922229
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