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

Place of Worship

Site Type: Specific

Cemetery Chapel

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

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

440690

Northing

554470

Grid Reference

NZ440690554470

Sources

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