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Mortuary Chapel in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary

A Grade II Listed Building in Bristol, City of Bristol

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Latitude: 51.5066 / 51°30'23"N

Longitude: -2.6311 / 2°37'51"W

OS Eastings: 356295

OS Northings: 178813

OS Grid: ST562788

Mapcode National: GBR JP.J6W0

Mapcode Global: VH88F.BDXF

Plus Code: 9C3VG949+JH

Entry Name: Mortuary Chapel in the Churchyard of the Church of St Mary

Listing Date: 4 March 1977

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1202067

English Heritage Legacy ID: 379139

ID on this website: 101202067

Location: Henbury, Bristol, BS10

County: City of Bristol

Electoral Ward/Division: Henbury and Brentry

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bristol

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bristol

Church of England Parish: Henbury

Church of England Diocese: Bristol

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BRISTOL

ST5678NW CHURCH CLOSE, Henbury
901-1/17/1325 (West side)
04/03/77 Mortuary chapel in the churchyard of
the Church of St Mary

GV II

Mortuary chapel. c1830. Squared coursed Lias with limestone
dressings, stone rear stack and a slate roof. Early English
Gothic Revival style. A small chapel with coped gables and
parapet. 3 stepped lancets in the E end between clasping
buttresses, with a quatrefoil in the steep gable; 3-bay N side
of lancet windows, the middle one with a parapeted gable
projecting slightly between buttresses; the S side has a
central chimney breast to a decapitated octagonal stack;
attached wall at the W end has a pointed doorway beneath a
cornice and parapet. INTERIOR not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE:
Thomas Rickman was working on both the church and nearby
village hall, in squared Lias, at this period, and may have
designed the chapel too.


Listing NGR: ST5629578813

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