The Watts Mortuary Chapel (locally known as Watts Cemetery Chapel) in the village of Compton near Guildford, Surrey
The Watts Mortuary Chapel (locally known as Watts Cemetery Chapel) is a Gothic Revival chapel and mortuary located in the village of Compton in Surrey. As a follower of the Home Arts and Industries Association, set up by Earl Brownlow in 1885 to encourage handicrafts among the lower classes, 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 chapel was the Watts's contribution to this characteristically Victorian preoccupation with social improvement through creative enlightenment.
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Location: Watts Chapel, Compton, Surrey
Photo credit: © Bruce McGowan / Alamy / Afripics
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