Hale Cemetery Mortuary Chapel
Location/Address
Hale Road, Hale WA15 8DF
Type
Description
Hale Cemetery opened 13 December 1894, and is shown on the Ordnance Survey 1st Revision 1:2500 map of 1898 to have been focused around the mortuary chapel. This impressive building is built in Early English Victorian Gothic style to a design by William Owen, with rough coursed stone and simple window tracery. The body of the chapel has a step pitched roof, with a south aisle added, and a west entrance, three-stage tower with spire. Decorative elements include pinnacles, arched openings and buttresses.
Statement of Significance
Age
Late 19th centuryArchitectural and Artistic Interest
A unaltered example of late 19th-century Early English Victorian Gothic architecture, designed by William Owen.Historic Interest
'The Altrincham local board recently invited several architects to submit designs in limited competition for their new cemetery chapel, etc., to be erected at Hale, near Altrincham, Cheshire. In response to this invitation four sets of designs were sent in, and the one submitted by Mr. Wm. Owen, A.R.I.B.A., 134. Deansgate, Manchester, under the motto, “Registrar,” has been selected, and he has been instructed to prepare the necessary details and quantities and obtain estimates for same, and the work is to be carried out forthwith under his supervision' (Building News 10 November 1893, page 631).Landmark Status
Hale Cemetery provides a large tract of green space alongside a primary route through this residential area of Hale, contributing a distinctive character to the streetscape. The mortuary chapel at the heart of the cemetery towers over the burial ground and is the dominant feature, together with a probable lodge house on Hale Road.
Date Listed
24 Jul 2023
Last Updated
24 Dec 2021
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