Monument record MDO37599 - Mortuary chapel, Poole Cemetery

A mortuary chapel in Poole Cemetery. Depicted on the 1st Epoch 1:25 inch scale Ordnance Survey map, on which it is described as 'Mortuary Chapel (Church of England)'.

The chapels were designed in 1854 by the Surveyor to the Poole Burial Board, Christopher Creeke.

The cemetery is provided with two separate chapels of similar design. The southern chapel, constructed for the use of Nonconformists, is situated c 100m north-north-west of the lodge. This chapel is of buttressed stone construction under a slate roof, with a bold gothic-arched entrance set beneath a rose window in the west facade. The door is flanked by a pair of lancet windows, while there is a further rose window in the east facade. The west facade is surmounted by an open bellcote. The northern or Anglican chapel stands on high ground c 100m north of the Nonconformist chapel. It is of similar buttressed stone construction and has the same arrangement of windows and entrances. The bellcote on the west gable of the Anglican chapel is surmounted by an elaborate carved stone cross. <1>

<1> English Heritage, 2005, Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England: Dorset (Revised) (Monograph). SDO17438.

Edited December 2009

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1512650 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 4 2023 12:28PM