Listed Building record TQ 76 NW 462 - ST MARGARET'S CEMETERY CHAPELS

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1865 to 1929

Location

Grid reference TQ 7421 6721 (point)
Map sheet TQ76NW
County KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
The following entry:- ROCHESTER MAIDSTONE ROAD TQ 76 NW 2/174 St Margaret's Cemetery Chapels shall be amended to read:-
TQ 76 NW ROCHESTER MAIDSTONE ROAD 2/174 St Margaret's Cemetery Chapels - II
ROCHESTER MAIDSTONE ROAD TQ 76 NW 2/174 St Margaret's Cemetery Chapels Cemetery chapels. 1865, by Martin Bulmer, with 1920s addition to rear. Snecked ragstone rubble, flint dressings; Kent tiles and interlocking cement tile roof. High Victorian gothic style; Early English and Decorated style details. 2 gabled chapels, 2 carriage arches, central spire. 2 storey central tower and spire with gabled niche with single lancet to east and west, broaches at angles, octagonal second stage, weathered stone courses, octagonal bell chamber with quinquefoil headed arches with colonnettes and gabled heads, spire with metal finial and vane. 2 flanking segmental arched carriage porches with coped gables. Two almost identical gabled funerary chapels, one Anglican one Nonconformist, with set-off angle buttresses kneelers and coped gables. 3 light east and west windows with elaborate C14 style Decorated flowing tracery. Carriage porches have chamfered principals, boaded ceilings. Interiors of chapels not seen.
Listing NGR: TQ7423067780


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM