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Latitude: 51.454 / 51°27'14"N
Longitude: -0.0438 / 0°2'37"W
OS Eastings: 536018
OS Northings: 174595
OS Grid: TQ360745
Mapcode National: GBR JF.5MD
Mapcode Global: VHGR7.6Q67
Plus Code: 9C3XFX34+JF
Entry Name: Crematorium, Camberwell New Cemetery
Listing Date: 17 September 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1378379
English Heritage Legacy ID: 470678
ID on this website: 101378379
Location: Camberwell New Cemetery, Honor Oak Park, Southwark, London, SE4
County: London
District: Southwark
Electoral Ward/Division: Peckham Rye
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Southwark
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Honor Oak Park, St Augustine
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Architectural structure
TQ3674NW
636-1/66/113
SOUTHWARK
BRENCHLEY GARDENS (south east side)
Crematorium, Camberwell New Cemetery
GV
II
Crematorium. 1939. Maurice Webb. Red brick plinth. Grey brick in Flemish bond and stone dressings. High pyramidal roof sheathed in copper to tower-cum-stack; hipped roof of green pantiles to chapel.
STYLE: Italian Renaissance manner, stylised and showing the influence of contemporary Scandinavian design.
PLAN: shallow, square chancel of one bay; nave of two bays, and narthex. Ancillary structures to ritual south east. Loggia of seven bays to ritual east. Offices and stack to north and north west.
EXTERIOR: west elevation has three flat-arched entrances, the centre of which has a semicircular tympanum with low relief carving of the Holy Spirit. Elevation has a definite Brunelleschian air, divided into three bays by four giant pilasters of the Composite order, quarter pilasters to porch re-entrant corners. Tower square in plan with flush corner quoins, the whole recalling the tower of St Mark's in Venice. Of particular note is the east elevation, with round-arched loggia between end bays, the rear wall bearing memorial plaques and pierced by round-arched openings leading to chapel and offices. Post World War II additions to the ritual north.
INTERIOR: plain walls, with high windows; coffered ceiling; moulded chancel arch springing from fluted piers. Seating and furnishings of an original design.
A subtle and handsome design which expresses the gravity of its purpose.
Listing NGR: TQ3601874595
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