Cemetery, Tring Road
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Type
Description
Mid-nineteenth century architect-designed municipal cemetery with chapels, extended in the later nineteenth, twentieth and twentyfirst centuries.
Mid 19th century layout (subsequently extended) with chapels by Poulton and Woodman of Reading (also designed chapels at Amersham). Unfortuately the matching gates and lodge have gone, and the ensemble is incomplete (B1).
A typical early Burial Board cemetery for a rural market/county town (1856-7), which is one of the most significant cemeteries in historic Bucks. It was designed by architects Poulton & Woodman of Reading, focussed on a largely intact group of buildings including two fine chapels that survive in good condition, with modest C19/C20 memorials. Along with Box, Wiltshire (1858), which only has a single chapel, this is apparently one of the best surviving examples of their cemetery work (c.f. Amersham and the more flamboyant Basingstoke, both 1859). The geometric layout, which survives largely intact, was developed successively during the later C19 and C20, echoing the original pattern, still retaining some notable trees from the largely evergreen C19 planting which made a significant contribution to the ornamental cemetery character, and some from successive phases. See report for detail (B4).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Mid-nineteenth century architect-designed municipal cemetery with chapels, extended in the later nineteenth, twentieth and twentyfirst centuries.
Date Listed
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