Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26428814

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)