# Watts Cemetery Chapel — Church of England (Anglican) church in Compton

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Watts Cemetery Chapel is a Church of England (Anglican) church at Down Lane in Compton, England. Service times are not yet verified — confirm with the parish before travelling. Church Near Me lists the address, contact details and what to expect below.

- Denomination: Church of England (Anglican) (anglican)
- Address: Down Lane, Compton, GU3 1DN
- Diocese: Diocese of Guildford
- Phone: +44 1483 810235
- Website: https://www.wattsgallery.org.uk/visit/cemetery-chapel/

## Service times

Service times not yet verified — confirm with the parish before travelling.

## About

The Watts Cemetery Chapel was designed and decorated between 1896 and 1898 by Mary Seton Watts, wife of the Victorian painter G F Watts, as the mortuary chapel for Compton's new village cemetery. Built largely by villagers Mary trained in terracotta modelling, its richly symbolic exterior fuses Romanesque, Celtic and Art Nouveau motifs while the interior is covered floor to ceiling in gilded gesso reliefs. The chapel is Grade I listed and is one of the most complete and influential surviving works of the Arts and Crafts Movement in England. It sits alongside Watts Gallery — Artists' Village, where G F Watts is buried.

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