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Lobby and Shell Room. The whole of the buildings are built in hard stock bricks, with
band courses and arches in red facing bricks, the only external windows are upon the North
side, high up, and consist of iron casements with Beer stone, semi-circular heads, jambs,
mullions and cills. The interiors are lined with glazed bricks for a height of 6½ feet, and
Keene's parian cement above, finished to a very smooth surface. The whole of the roofs are
constructed in pitch pine stained and varnished, covered with Broseley tiles upon tongued
and grooved boarding, and surmounted with lanterns and side lights to open, fitted with the
most approved opening and closing gearing.
The floors are of cement concrete trowelled to a very smooth surface, and laid to proper
falls and with perforated cast iron channels down the centre of each, which discharge on to
external syphon traps.
Water is laid on to each of the rooms; the Post Mortem Room is provided with slate
rotary dissecting table, glazed slop sink, and slate slab table, and the Microscopic Room
has sink, slate table, lavatory basin, and cupboard.
The Viewing Lobby is placed between the Mortuaries, the walls being lined with glazed
bricks, with wrought iron roof glazed with Mellowes' patent glazing, and the floor is laid in
Mosaic.
The Mortuary Yard is paved with tar macadam, and is surrounded with a brick wall
having entrances 7 feet wide upon the East and South sides.
The drains are all external, and discharge into one inspection chamber placed just
within the yard, which is connected to a new 9-inch pipe sewer laid by the Vestry, and
discharging into the main sewer in St. Marychurch Street, opposite the Parish Church.
Owing to the nature of the ground special precautions were taken as regards the
foundations, which were put in by own workmen, and consist practically of a solid block of
concrete 2 feet G inches thick, extending over the whole area of the site, and 2 feet 6 inches
outside the external face of all the walls.
During the execution of the work the old Watch-house at the northern end of the
Burial Ground was converted into and used as a temporary mortuary.