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Woking Crematorium Chapel

A Grade II Listed Building in St John's, Surrey

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3119 / 51°18'42"N

Longitude: -0.6026 / 0°36'9"W

OS Eastings: 497490

OS Northings: 157900

OS Grid: SU974579

Mapcode National: GBR FBJ.QFS

Mapcode Global: VHFV7.H9R5

Plus Code: 9C3X896W+PW

Entry Name: Woking Crematorium Chapel

Listing Date: 6 January 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1236361

English Heritage Legacy ID: 290755

ID on this website: 101236361

Location: Knaphill, Woking, Surrey, GU21

County: Surrey

District: Woking

Electoral Ward/Division: St John's

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Woking

Traditional County: Surrey

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Surrey

Church of England Parish: Woking St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Guildford

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Description


SU 95NE BOROUGH OF WOKING HERMITAGE ROAD

5/54 Woking Crematorium
Chapel

GV II

Chapel 1888. Red brick with stone dressings, plain tiled roof; stone coped
gables and cross to west end. Rectangular 4 bay nave, pent roofed porch to
the north with C20 glazed extension. Two light arched windows, with quatrofoil
roundels in west end. C20 North door in chamfered and moulded surround;
further door to the west end .

Interior: Nave with marble floor, gallery to west end. 2 stained glass
windows in north wall depict the first 2 presidents of the Association of
Cremataria by R.H, Courbald 1928. Catafalque: marble 1903.

This is the first Crematorium Chapel in the country (A. Crosby: History
of Woking (1982) pp 107-8).


Listing NGR: SU9748457892

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