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Cemetery Chapels, Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley (Locally Listed)

Geo: 52.7163, -1.1368
Date Listed17th June, 2004
CategoryLocally Listed Building
AddressCemetery Chapels Mountsorrel Lane Rothley LE7 7PT
GradeLocally Listed
Grid ReferenceSK5840913531

The description below describes the salient features of the building as it was at the date of listing. It is given in order to aid identification; it is not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.

Cemetery Chapel. Perhaps Mid/Late C19. Quite severe, almost ?sublime? styling with neoclassical elements. Asymetrical cruciform plan. Mellow red/yellow brick with upstanding gables having stone dressed copings. Swithland slate pitched roofs. Main gables, each with a brick arched diocletian window, flanked by massive brick piers crowned with a pyramidal cap.