It has all the characteristic features of an ecclesiastical building serving as a cemetery chapel located in Mazovia (in terms of the use and processing of materials as well as construction technique) and a distinctive central location in the area of a local necropolis.

History

The cemetery chapel was erected at the turn of the 19th century. It was subject to renovation in 1866 and at that time it was enlarged through adding a porch and a sacristy. Currently, the feature is used only sporadically, mainly around the All Saints’ Day.

Description

The chapel is located within the cemetery. The building is oriented along the east - west axis. It was erected as a log structure with hidden-pin joints without protruding log ends. The walls are not covered with weatherboards and the natural wood colour has been preserved. The nave was designed on a rectangular floor plan, with an integrated chancel featuring a semi-hexagonal end section. A porch was added to the nave on the west side and a sacristy was added to the chancel on the north-east side. The single-space interior is covered with a common flat ceiling. The music gallery is located on the west side and rests on four pillars. The nave and the chancel share a single gable roof; the porch and the sacristy feature a gable roof and a shed roof, respectively. All roofs are clad in sheet metal. The central part of the roof ridge is topped with a wooden, quadrangular steeple, covered with a gable roof crowned with an iron crucifix cast at a blacksmith’s workshop.

The building is accessible to visitors only following previous arrangements with the parish priest.

Author of the note Jerzy Szałygin, National Institute of Cultural Heritage, Regional Branch in Warsaw 20-07-2017

Bibliography

• Katalog Zabytków Sztuki w Polsce, vol. X, Województwo warszawskie, issue 24, Powiat sochaczewski, Warsaw 1973.