Description

ST COLUMB MAJOR TREKENNING ROAD, St Columb Major
SW 96 SW
7/258 Mortuary Chapels
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GV II

Pair of mortuary chapels. Circa 1856. Squared granite rubble with granite dressings.
Steep pitched slate roofs with crested ridge tiles and gable ends with raised coped
verges.
Plan: Symmetrical pair of mortuary chapels, each of single cell plan with gabled
porch at the front gable end and ritual east at the rear. Gothic style.
Exterior: Each chapel has granite plinth and weathered angle buttresses and
buttresses to sides. The front has a gabled porch with 2-centred arched doorway;
inner 2-centred arched doorway, door with raised fillets. Circular window above with
3 quatrefoils in tracery. Each side is of 2 bays divided by buttresses, with 2
lancets with hood moulds, some lattice glazing remaining. The rear has 3-light
Perpendicular window with 2-centred arch and hood mould.
Interior: The chapel to right is plain plastered inside, with 4-bay arched-brace
roof, the central truss rising from stone corbels, with collar and king post.

Listing NGR: SW9089662720

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26431393

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock