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

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 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

440720

Northing

554410

Grid Reference

NZ440720554410

Sources

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