From a backlog of Liverpool stuff, one of 12 listed buildings in Anfield Cemetery, and the only chapel still standing.
There were originally three chapels for different versions of Christianity (C-of-E, RC and Nonconformist), but two were demolished leaving only the Nonconformist (southern) one, shown on the right in the print below.
This is similar to Everton Cemetery, where only the RC one is still standing Report - - Everton Cemetery Chapel (Livepool, Jan, 2019) | Other Sites.
Only in Allerton Cemetery are all three (derelict) chapels still there Report - - Allerton Cemetery Chapels (Liverpool, 2018 - 2019) | Other Sites.
History. The chapel was built in 1862, and remained in use until 2000 according to an article in the Liverpool Echo, which also has the only other pictures of the inside that I’m aware of Stop The Rot: Grand plans for Anfield Cemetery's decaying South Chapel.
The Friends of Anfield have plans to turn it into a visitor centre like Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin, another big municipal cemetery which is now a popular tourist destination.
It could also function as a venue for people attending funerals who currently have nowhere convenient to congregate - you see them milling around on the road outside the crematorium.
Inside it’s a fairly plain building, as these mortuary chapels tend to be, and doesn’t seem to be in bad condition apart the floors of side rooms in one isle which are completely rotten.
There’s also some decay in the roof valley of the other isle with propping up of rafters.
Access comes and goes depending on what the local vandals have been up to - I had an initial look in 2018, and paid another early morning visit at the end of 2020.
Not much had changed except for some internal scaffolding - most of the pictures are are from the last visit.
Heading in early and waiting for the light.
‘O death where is thy sting?’ - now humming bits of the Messiah.
A few of the outside.
There were originally three chapels for different versions of Christianity (C-of-E, RC and Nonconformist), but two were demolished leaving only the Nonconformist (southern) one, shown on the right in the print below.
This is similar to Everton Cemetery, where only the RC one is still standing Report - - Everton Cemetery Chapel (Livepool, Jan, 2019) | Other Sites.
Only in Allerton Cemetery are all three (derelict) chapels still there Report - - Allerton Cemetery Chapels (Liverpool, 2018 - 2019) | Other Sites.
History. The chapel was built in 1862, and remained in use until 2000 according to an article in the Liverpool Echo, which also has the only other pictures of the inside that I’m aware of Stop The Rot: Grand plans for Anfield Cemetery's decaying South Chapel.
The Friends of Anfield have plans to turn it into a visitor centre like Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin, another big municipal cemetery which is now a popular tourist destination.
It could also function as a venue for people attending funerals who currently have nowhere convenient to congregate - you see them milling around on the road outside the crematorium.
Inside it’s a fairly plain building, as these mortuary chapels tend to be, and doesn’t seem to be in bad condition apart the floors of side rooms in one isle which are completely rotten.
There’s also some decay in the roof valley of the other isle with propping up of rafters.
Access comes and goes depending on what the local vandals have been up to - I had an initial look in 2018, and paid another early morning visit at the end of 2020.
Not much had changed except for some internal scaffolding - most of the pictures are are from the last visit.
Heading in early and waiting for the light.
‘O death where is thy sting?’ - now humming bits of the Messiah.
A few of the outside.
