Milton Road Cemetery Chapel
The charming neo-14th century Gothic Chapels and Upper Gate
Lodge were built in pink Carboniferous limestone quarried on site,
with buff Bath stone for mouldings. Originally there were two
adjoining chapels for Church of England and non-Conformist
services, though the latter was demolished in 1980. The tower
surmounted by an octagonal spire houses the chapel bell and was
deliberately aligned in front of the top entrance gate.
(The Lower Gate Lodge and entrance in Milton Road were part of the
Ashcombe House estate becoming cemetery property only when burial
facilities were extended downhill in the 1930s)
Work is currently underway, with help of the Heritage Lottery
Fund, to restore the Chapel's Bell Tower and to re-hang the Bell.
The Chapel will then house small exhibitions which will be
organized by the Friends of Milton Road Cemetery.
The picture was supplied to Weston-super-Mare Town Council after
an article was published in the Weston Mercury asking for images of
both the Church of England Chapel and the Non-Conformist Chapel
together prior to 1980. The Town Council and the Friends would like
to thank Mr Palmer for the picture.
