Chapels · South East England
Watts Mortuary Chapel
Watts Mortuary Chapel — a Grade I-listed chapel in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 20 min–45 min
- Free entry
About
Watts Mortuary Chapel is a Grade I-listed building in england-south-east, United Kingdom. Grade I status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Watts Cemetery Chapel or Watts Mortuary Chapel is a chapel in a Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) version of Celtic Revival in the village cemetery of Compton in Surrey. The designer was Mary Fraser Tytler, an artist resident in the village, who married the painter and sculptor George Frederic Watts. While the overall architectural structure is loosely Romanesque Revival, the lavish decoration in terracotta relief carving and paintings is Celtic Revival, on an unusually large scale. According to the local council, it is "a unique concoction of art nouveau, Celtic, Romanesque and Egyptian influence with Mary's own original style". Other responses have been less positive. Ian Nairn, in the 1971 Surrey volume of the Buildings of England series, described the interior as "one of the most soporific rooms in England" and regretted "the intolerable torpor and weariness of the motifs". It is a Grade I listed building.
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Background
History
When Compton Parish Council created a new cemetery, local resident artist Mary Fraser Tytler, the wife of Victorian era painter and sculptor George Frederic Watts, offered to design and build a new mortuary chapel. The Wattses had recently built a house, "Limnerslease", a few hundred yards away, now part of the Watts Gallery. Tytler was a follower of the Home Arts and Industries Association, set up by Earl Brownlow in 1885 to encourage handicrafts among the lower classes, and the chapel was the Wattses' contribution to this characteristically Victorian preoccupation with social improvement through creative enlightenment. Each member of Fraser Tytler's evening class, led by Louis Deuchars,…
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- Coordinates
- 51.2178, -0.6321
- County
- Surrey
- District
- Guildford
- Parish
- Compton
- Postcode
- GU3 1DN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Godalming and Ash
- Established
- 1898
Sources
- wikidata: Q7975034 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Watts Cemetery Chapel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Watts Mortuary Chapel?
- Watts Mortuary Chapel is in Surrey, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode GU3 1DN), in the parish of Compton.
- When was Watts Mortuary Chapel built?
- Built or established in 1898.
- Is Watts Mortuary Chapel a listed building?
- Watts Mortuary Chapel is officially recognised as Grade I listed.
- Is Watts Mortuary Chapel free to visit?
- Yes, Watts Mortuary Chapel is free to enter.
- How do I get to Watts Mortuary Chapel?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode GU3 1DN. It sits within the Godalming and Ash parliamentary constituency.