We invite you to view, and have your say, on our plans to renovate the Cemetery Chapels.
Come along, any time between 10.30am and 2.30pm, and have your say on Monday 12 August in the North Chapel at Selby Cemetery.
The Town Council manages the administration and care of Selby Cemetery, including burial of remains and ashes, memorial safety and grounds maintenance.
At the entrance to the cemetery are two identical chapels originally built for the funeral service prior to internment, one chapel was used for the Church of England and the other the Roman Catholic Church. The buildings were built in the 19th century in the style of the Cemetery Lodge in a yellowish brick with stone details and ornamentation in the Gothic revival style. At present the chapels are not used for funeral services.
The buildings are in need of full repair, restoration and re-purposing.
We would like to use the North Chapel as a classroom area, and would like potential users to suggest ideas of how they would use this space. It will also serve as an emergency coffin place of rest, should the sexton require this.
The South Chapel is in need of reorganisation to make better use of the space and provide a more useable space for the cemetery team to operate from.