page_title: Bellamy and Hardy
section_title: Cemetery design and layout
hierarchical_section_title: Bellamy and Hardy / Architectural work / Cemetery design and layout
caption_attribution_description: Middlewich Cemetery Chapel, Cheshire, England.
context_page_description: Bellamy and Hardy were an architectural practice in Lincoln, England, that specialised particularly in the design of public buildings and non-conformist chapels. Pearson Bellamy had established his own architectural practice by 1845 and he entered into a partnership with James Spence Hardy, in June 1853. Both partners had previously worked for the Lincoln architect William Adams Nicholson. Hardy was described as "Chief Clerk" to Nicholson. Hardy joined Pearson Bellamy immediately after the sudden death of Nicholson. As all known architectural drawings by the practice are signed Pearson Bellamy, it is likely that Bellamy was the architect and Hardy was the administrator in the practice. The partnership lasted until Hardy's death, which was probably in 1891 or 1892. After this Bellamy continued to practice until 1896
context_section_description: Bellamy and Hardy developed an expertise in cemetery design and layout for which they were awarded contracts in various parts of midland England. The design of the cemetery chapels is fairly standard with two side chapels linked by an arch which was surmounted by a spire. Pearson Bellamy's distinctive design for cemetery chapels appears to have arisen as a result of a dispute during the construction of his earliest cemetery chapels at Louth. Here he had designed two freestanding chapels, one for Anglicans and the other for Nonconformists,  which were approached through a red brick Tudoresque tower. The vicar of Louth objected to this arrangement as he would have to step outside the chapel onto unconsecrated roadway to greet the funeral cortege. Eventually the chapel and a surrounding area for Anglican burials was consecrated by the Bishop of Lincoln in December 1855. The later design with two chapels either side of an arch solved this problem, and as result the design was widely adopted. At Stoke-on-Trent, Bellamy and Hardy were supposed only to have laid out the cemetery and a local architect supplied the plans, but as the chapels are typical of Bellamy and Hardy's work, this is unlikely to be the case. The Middlewich cemetery chapels and the Oakham cemetery chapels are identical, apart from a slight alteration to the design of the central arch. In the Lincoln cemetery on Canwick Road, Bellamy and Hardy laid out the cemetery, but another Lincoln architect, William Mortimer provided the plans for the cemetery chapels.
  Louth, Lincolnshire. Linden Walk. 1855. Two chapels, one for Church of England and another for Dissenters. Brick with 'cut-away' corners and tall bellcotes over the porches. The two chapels and the gate lodge were completed for £2,700.
  Newark-on-Trent. London Road Cemetery buildings, 1856. The Newark Burial Board in August 1855 invited designs, plans and specifications for roads and paths, and laying out and planting a new Burial Ground, containing about 6½ acres, enclosing the ground, building a lodge, with entrance gates, building two chapels, …. the total cost of the whole not to exceed the sum of £2,000. Plans were submitted by 18 architects and those of Bellamy and Harding were selected. The cemetery was opened on 30th. September 1856.  The Gothic cemetery chapels were Bellamy and Hardy's standard design with two chapels, either side of a gate arch which was surmounted by a spire. The brick cemetery lodge had to be rebuilt in 1863
  Leicester Road Cemetery, Loughborough. 1856-7. Described by Pevsner as the best cemetery buildings in the county. The lodge and two Gothic revival chapels are linked by a three arch loggia topped by an elaborate spire.
  Broadway Cemetery, Peterborough. Designed and laid out by Bellamy and Hardy in 1857. The cemetery has two  entrances located at opposite ends of the site with a  double set of stone gate piers. The entrances open onto a main avenue with paths leading off it creating a formal rectangular grid plan. The central avenue separated the consecrated area from the non-Conformist burial area.  A spired arch over the road joined the two cemetery mortuary chapels. Both the chapels, a Church of England mortuary and a non-Conformist Mortuary Chapel were demolished in 1960. There are two lodges on the east side.
  Middlewich, Cheshire. Middlewich (1859), Standard chapel design with a twin chapel separated by an archway with a spire over. Greystone block-work with pale stone dressing. The gates and railings are cast by Button of Crewe, but may have been designed by Bellamy.
  Oakham, Rutland.  Kilburn Road. 1860.  Standard chapel layout, with chapels either side of a carriage arch, surmounted by a spire. Coursed ironstone with paler ashlar dressings. The chapels are listed Grade II,  and the attractive gate lodge with an arched gateway leading to the chapels is also listed.
  Stoke-on-Trent, Cemetery Road, Hanley. (1860). There were 66 entries for a competition for designing the cemetery, as well as designs for the layout. The winning entries were Messrs. Ward and Son, architects of
caption: Middlewich Cemetery Chapel, Cheshire 1859
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