Chapel of the Western Cemetery
The Chapel of the Western Cemetery is a cemetery chapel in the Scottish town of Arbroath in the Council Area Angus . In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists, initially in category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 1997.
history
It was the Scottish painter and architect Patrick Allan Fraser , who lives in the nearby Hospitalfield House , who initiated the construction of the chapel as a family crypt. Fraser himself is responsible for the designs and carried out the construction. Begun in 1875, the church was completed about nine years later. Fraser gave the church to the city of Arbroath. The cemetery church is not confessional.
In 2008 the building was added to the Scottish Register of Listed Buildings at Risk in Scotland. In 2016, his condition was classified as relatively good with a simultaneous low risk.
description
The chapel stands in the middle of the Western Cemetery on the western edge of Arbroath. The construction of local red sandstone dominates the cemetery. It is primarily designed in the historicizing Scottish Baronial style , but each facade also picks up on a different period of church architecture. There are towers and tourelles . The ornamental design is particularly outstanding in the interior. A statue of Christ is to be highlighted along the outer facade, the canopy of which shows a frieze with the scene of a typical Scottish funeral procession .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Entry on the chapel of the Western Cemetery in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk
Web links
- Entry to Chapel of Western Cemetery in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 33'58.7 " N , 2 ° 36'43.3" W.