Cemetery Chapels, Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley (Locally Listed)

Geo: 52.7163, -1.1368
Date ListedThu 17th June, 2004
CategoryLocally Listed Building
AddressCemetery Chapels Mountsorrel Lane Rothley LE7 7PT
GradeLocally Listed
Grid ReferenceSK5840913531
Description

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.

The description above 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.