The North Devon Crematorium (also known as Barnstaple Crematorium)North Devon Crematorium
on the Historic England database is located on Old Torrington Road in

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and is the only crematorium in

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. It is operated by

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and has the largest crematorium chapel in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.North Devon Crematorium
on the

website North Devon Crematorium was built in 1966 for the Joint Committee of North Devon and Torridge District Councils. The original chapel, Aspen, was the last crematoria designed by Harold R W Orr; it was built by Y J Lovell (Western) Limited. There is a separate Chapel of Memory and the Garden of Rest is laid out over three levels. Aspen can seat 72 mourners and underwent modernisation during 2018 to include digitally downloaded music, video tribute facilities, password protected webcasting and recording while at the same time retaining the organ for more traditional funerals. Rowan North Devon Crematorium

The newer chapel is Rowan which was completed in 2016 at a cost of £1.14 million'New £1.14 million chapel opens at North Devon & Torridge Crematorium'
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12 April 2016 and which is currently the largest crematorium chapel in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It was dedicated in 2016 by Robert Atwell, the

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.'North Devon Crematorium chapel to be dedicated by the Bishop of Exeter' - ''North Devon Gazette'' 11 November 2016
/ref> Rowan has the capacity to hold large services with seating for over 250 mourners and a quiet viewing room. In addition the chapel has standing room for a large number of additional mourners and a large outdoor canopy to cover hundreds more in case of bad weather. Facilities available at Rowan include the ability to webcast services to anywhere in the world plus digitally downloaded music, video tributes and recording. All memorial services in Rowan are recorded so that if a mourner missed the service a recording can be obtained up to six weeks later. North Devon Crematorium is located within landscaped memorial gardens where ashes can be interred and with a car park for 130 vehicles onsite. There is substantial on-street parking available just outside the crematorium. Services are booked for 40 minute slots with the ability to book a double slot. In 2013 North Devon Council stated that it would levy a fine of £147 for any service which went over the 40 minutes.

Gallery

File:Aspen chapel North Devon Crematorium.jpg, The interior of Aspen chapel File:Garden of Remembrance North Devon Crematorium.jpg, Section of the Garden of Remembrance

References

External links

North Devon Crematorium Online Book of Remembrance
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