Coney Hill Crematorium, sometimes known as Coney Hill Crem, is a cemetery and Crematorium in Gloucester, England, that is run by Gloucester City Council. In addition, it contains 8 war graves maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the cemetery chapel was previously recorded as Grade listed by Historic England in 1935.[1][2]
The crematorium is located off Eastern Avenue and situated on Coney Hill Road in Coney Hill, Gloucester.
History
Coney Hill Crematorium was built as a cemetery chapel in 1935 in the early Christian style building and was designed by Petter and Warren, it was originally completed in 1935 as a church by firm Potter and Hare[3] and in 1953, it was converted to a crematorium by Gloucester City Architect Albert Norman and Roger Fitzsimmons.[2]
In 1999, the crematorium expanded its land [4] and in 2001, the crematorium created a Millennium Section, which created sections for the Muslim and Chinese communities, Roman Catholics and members of the Church of England as well as a children's plot and a General (Non-denominational) ground. They have also created a Woodland Burial site for ‘green burials’.[5]
In August 2010, the crematorium improved the crematorium facitilites with the addition of new roads, more parking, a tearoom, covered walkway and a new memorial garden. The work also includes the installation of special burner filtersto cut down on mercury emissions.[2]
Chapel
The crematorium chapel, is stone built with round-arched single light windows and a three bay narthex to the west and a tall southwest tower. In 1953, the conversion to a crematorium was carried out by the architects Albert Norman and Roger Fitzsimmons, for Gloucester District Council. Pevsner describes it as ‘neo-Norman and it was built prior to the Grade II listed St Oswald's Church which has a similar tower.[2]
The Arbor
Within the grounds, there is also a tea room called The Arbor where Twhere families can stop to have food and drink after a service at the Chapel in there Mulberry and The Willows tea rooms.[6][7]
War graves
The cemetery contains burials from World War II, eight war graves maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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