Building record 1581800000 - Chilterns Crematorium
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (3)
- CREMATORIUM (Built 1962-1966, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- CHAPEL (Built 1962-1966, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
- CHAPEL (Built 2005, 21st Century - 2000 AD to 2099 AD)
Description
Chilterns Crematorium was built between 1962 and 1966 for the Chilterns Crematorium Joint Committee. The building was designed by Harold R W Orr and built by Sydney Green and Sons.The building is of Bovington brown/grey bricks, with an insulated copper roof, it is a long, low lying, narrow building and was designed to blend into the country side. There are long, low cloisters leading to the porte-clohere. A new chapel was added in 2005, it was designed by John Moore of Haverstock Associates. Natural materials were used to blend in with the exisiting building. It has a glass wall, with wooden louvres, and the front facade is of copper to match the roof of the earlier building (1).
The 1965 chapel is known as the Hampden Chapel and the 2005 chapel is the Milton Chapel (2).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence (3).
Sources (3)
- <1>SBC28964 Bibliographic reference: Hilary J Grainger. 2005. Death Redesigned: British Crematoria - History, Architecture and Landscape. pp366-367.
- <2>SBC28965 Verbal communication: Petra Wade. 2010. Information from Chilterns Crematorium website.
- <3>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
Location
| Grid reference | SU 94760 96612 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jan 27 2026 12:19PM
