Survey Data
Reg No
50120276
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Hampton Convent
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1870 - 1910
Coordinates
316710, 237122
Date Recorded
13/08/2018
Date Updated
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Description
Sub-rectangular burial ground, established c. 1890 for Hampton Convent. Road boundary at angle to reflect line of Gracepark Road. Large yew tree to northeast corner. Entrance to middle of west wall, having flanking walls curving in to meet entrance screen having sculpted cross finial. Site to east of former convent.
Appraisal
This graveyard represents a tranquil place of interment and remembrance of the nuns who occupied the adjacent convent from the late nineteenth century onwards.