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Cemetery Chapel

A Grade II Listed Building in Chepstow, Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6325 / 51°37'56"N

Longitude: -2.6804 / 2°40'49"W

OS Eastings: 353001

OS Northings: 192847

OS Grid: ST530928

Mapcode National: GBR JM.86H7

Mapcode Global: VH87T.H7BD

Plus Code: 9C3VJ8J9+XR

Entry Name: Cemetery Chapel

Listing Date: 12 November 2002

Last Amended: 12 November 2002

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 27110

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Also known as: Mortuary Chapels

ID on this website: 300027110

Location: Towards the W edge of the town, the cemetery occuping a roughly traingular site, the chapel close to its entrance at NE.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Chepstow

Community: Chepstow (Cas-gwent)

Community: Chepstow

Built-Up Area: Chepstow

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

Chepstow Burial Board formed 1855 to build two chapels and sexton's cottage. First burial took place 1857.

Exterior

Two chapel buildings for different denominations linked by a tall pointed gabled archway. Chapels are of coursed roughly dressed red and buff sandstone with buff ashlar dressings; steep-pitched Welsh slate roofs with moulded apex stones and kneelers, each with a stepped stack with decorative gabled chimney. The plan is staggered; the N chapel stepped forward, and higher than the S. Each chapel has a projecting bay on its outward side and under the archway are opposite inner doorways. The pointed archway is of two orders, chamfered and with face stops. The windows have alternating Geometric and intersecting tracery and plain triangular quarry glazing. The doorways have hoodmoulds with face stops and double doors. Half height diagonal corner buttresses.

Interior

Fittings no longer in situ.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a well designed small Victorian chapel complex serving the town. Group value with the contemporary lodge.

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