Sittingbourne Cemetery Chapel - Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, UK
N 51° 20.079 E 000° 44.066
31U E 342181 N 5689477
Sittingbourne Cemetery Chapel is located close to the south east entrance to the cemetery. The chapel is divided into two parts that are connected by an arch giving cover to those waiting to say goodbye to their loved ones.
Waymark Code: WM15PG8
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/04/2022
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The
cemetery, that opened in 1860, is populated with a large range of trees
including one rare Weeping Ash (1 of only 15 remaining in the UK), and there is
also a wonderful collection of local wildlife who regularly visit and reside
within the walls such as rabbits, foxes, and a glorious array of birdlife such
as the Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Chaffinch, Blue
Tit, Goldfinch and many, many more.
Sittingbourne Cemetery Chapel is a Grade II listed building with the entry at
the
Historic England website telling us::
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Erected 1860.
Built of ashlar blocks with stone dressings. This consists of 2
Mortuary Chapels connected by a passageway with a carriage arch
through the centre.
One storey. Tiled roof with bands of fish-scale tiles. Windows
are single or double lancets. Buttresses. Rose windows to each
side of the chapels.
The front elevation has a foliated window to the chapel and 2
lancets on each side of the passage. Central pseudo-bellcote
with date stone.
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