Hendon, Ryhope Road, Sunderland Cemetery, north chapel

HER Number:
7183

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hendon, Ryhope Road, Sunderland Cemetery, north chapel

Place:
Hendon

Map Sheet:
NZ45SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Chapel

Site Type: Specific:
Cemetery Chapel

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Chapel of municipal cemetery. C1858. Snecked limestone rubble with ashlar plinth and dressings. Welsh slate roof. Stone gable copings and wrought-iron cross and fleur-de-lys finials. Decorated style. Half-octagonal sanctuary with pointed roof. West porch has double door in pointed arched surround, under gable with fleur-de-lys finial. Tower has high octagonal belfry with arched louvred openings under tall stone spire. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
4069

Northing:
5447

Grid Reference:
NZ40695447

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/7/196