Day 68 of 366 - The Nonconformist Chapel!

Today's image was taken this early this evening at the London Road Cemetery in Coventry. The image is of the Nonconformist Chapel. This Grade II* listed building is one of two Chapels in the cemetery. The Chapel is a classical Temple style building that has two storeys and a basement. The Chapel was built this way because Nonconformists preferred their places of worship to be more classical and having an uncluttered interior. The chapel was constructed in 1847 by John Taylor who also constructed the main boundary wall that fronts London Road. The chapel has suffered quite a lot in it's history. Soon after the chapel was completed, lead is stolen from the roof. In 1884 there was a fire in one of the side wings. The building was badly damaged during the Second World War and was abandoned as a chapel. In 2006 vandals set fire to the chapel. The roof and timbers were completely destroyed along with the whole of the panelled interior. English Heritage and Coventry City Council worked together to replace the roof and make the building secure and removed the graffiti from the walls. The Chapel now looks closer to how it did in previous years.

The photo was taken using the App VividHDR on my iPhone 6.

First I used the app Lightroom to edit the image. I applied the Dynamic colour preset along with a little Clarity and noise reduction. I also changed the White balance and used a bit of the Dehaze setting. I finally added a dark heavy vignette to the image. Next I used the app DistressedFX to add the Stirred overlay and the Charm texture. I then flattened the image and used the Stirred overlay again and the Vanilla texture. Finally I used the app PhotoToaster to add the Clarify preset, the Red/Blue Process FX, a medium dark vignette. Then the Antiqued texture and the Leather frame.