St John's Cemetery, east lodge

HER Number

6410

District

Newcastle

Site Name

St John's Cemetery, east lodge

Place

Elswick

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad

Cemetery Lodge

Site Type: Specific

Cemetery Lodge

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

The cemetery (HER 5285) opened in 1857 with buildings probably by Johnstone and Knowles. To the east and west of the entrance are two stone lodges, listed grade 2. The eastern chapel is Nonconformist. Coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roofs with overlapping gable copings. L-plan. One storey. Shouldered arch to door and overlight in extended porch facing street. Shouldered heads to windows. 2 pairs of octagonal chimneys with plinth. East lodge has boarded-up openings and truncated chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

422570

Northing

563850

Grid Reference

NZ422570563850

Sources

English Heritage, 2003, Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest GD3557; N. Pevsner and I. Richmond, second edition revised by G. McCombie, P. Ryder and H. Welfare, 1992, The Buildings of England: Northumberland, p 514; Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest 11/230; Gillate, J. 2017. Elswick St John's Cemetery gatehouses and St John's Chapel, HER4849