Hendon, Ryhope Road, Sunderland Cemetery, South Chapel

HER Number:
7188

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hendon, Ryhope Road, Sunderland Cemetery, South 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 in municipal cemetery. c1858. Snecked limestone with ashalr plinth and dressings; Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings. Aisled nave with north-east tower porch. Decorated style with buttresses and tracery. Nave windows partly blocked. Arched west door. North-east open-arched porch has triangular windows. Octagonal second stage with gabled canopies over blocked windows. Spire removed. Out of use at time of survey. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
4072

Northing:
5441

Grid Reference:
NZ40725441

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/7/197