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Listed building outline: Pair Of Chapels In Cowpen Cemetery 1041343

Pair Of Chapels In Cowpen Cemetery 1041343

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entry-date: 2013-01-29
listed-building: 1041343
name: Pair Of Chapels In Cowpen Cemetery
notes: BLYTH COWPEN ROAD NZ 38 SW (South side) 2/38 Pair of chapels in Cowpen Cemetery GV II Cemetery Chapels, c.1875. Tooled stone with ashlar dressings; roof of mixed Welsh and Lakeland slates with terracotta ridge. Free C14 style. North elevation in 3 parts: central porch with tall moulded arch, stepped diagonal buttresses and corner pinnacles linked by flying buttresses to octagonal turret with spire, rising from crown of arch. To left and right gable ends of chapels, with 3-light windows and trefoiled panels in gables, joined to porch by lower lobbies with cinquefoil-headed windows and parapets with pierced quatrefoils. Returns of chapels each 3 bays, with lancet windows; lower bay with 2-light window to rear of each chapel, linked by C20 crematorium in same style. Immediately left and right of porch entrance, standing just clear of wall, small flat-topped stones with incised C (left) and U (right). Cowpen Cemetery, with chapels for 'Church of England and Dissenters' was opened in 1877. ,
reference: 1041343
start-date: 1987-07-15
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