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Latitude: 55.3333 / 55°19'59"N
Longitude: -1.5697 / 1°34'10"W
OS Eastings: 427394
OS Northings: 604442
OS Grid: NU273044
Mapcode National: GBR K6GR.YZ
Mapcode Global: WHC20.V6PS
Plus Code: 9C7W8CMJ+84
Entry Name: East Cemetery Entrance Screen and Chapel Spire
Listing Date: 15 September 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1371136
English Heritage Legacy ID: 236719
ID on this website: 101371136
Location: East Cemetery, Amble, Northumberland, NE65
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Amble by the Sea
Built-Up Area: Amble
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Amble
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
Tagged with: Gate
NU 2704
14/51
AMBLE
LINKS ROAD (East side)
East Cemetery entrance screen and chapel spire
II
Entrance screen and porch/spire of former twin mortuary chapels; 1878, chapels demolished 1971. Rock-faced quadrant walls, squared stone porch/spire; cut dressings; cast iron gates. Porch/spire in free late C13 style.
Square gate piers with chamfered plinth and moulded pyramidal caps hold double gates which have shaped rails and moulded pyramid-topped bars and dogbars; low serpentine quadrant walls with arched coping. Porch has moulded arch with string-course above, quatrefoil panel and slatted belfry opening with raised surround in gabled half dormer at base of slender octagonal spire with two moulded rings. Above low diagonal buttresses the side walls are swept back to the base of the spire.
Picturesque local landmark.
Listing NGR: NU2739404442
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