Colyton Cemetery Chapel - Colyton Cemetery - Colyton, Devon
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N 50° 44.370 W 003° 04.562
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Former Cemetery Chapel at Colyton Parish Cemetery, Colyton.
Waymark Code: WM16680
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/16/2022
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Former Cemetery Chapel at Colyton Parish Cemetery, Colyton.
The Cemetery is owned and maintained by the Parish Council. It is listed on Find-a-grave (
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"The council had considered demolishing the disused Chapel of Rest in the parish cemetery. Instead, the chapel was converted into a bat house in collaboration with the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnerships project 'Looking Out for Bats'. A new mezzanine floor provides a warm loft, gaps were opened to provide better access, and a large insulated 'warm box' allows bats to huddle together in the winter. The cemetery is a haven for six bat species, lesser horseshoe bats quickly moved into the new roost."
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