Newcastle General Cemetery, archway, chapels, walls
Newcastle General Cemetery, archway, chapels, walls
HER Number
9046
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newcastle General Cemetery, archway, chapels, walls
Place
Jesmond
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Cemetery Chapel
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Entrance archway, chapels, walls and gates. 1836 by John Dobson for Newcastle
General Cemetery Company; restored 1978 by Tyne and Wear County Council. Sandstone
ashlar with plinth; Welsh slate roofs. Symmetrical; classical style. Banded
rustication. High round arch with archivolt and impost band flanked by 2-storey
towers and one-storey, one-bay chapels. Cornice and blocking course above arch;
second stage of towers has corner pilasters and iron grilles under cornice and
blocking course. Chapels attached have pediments on paired pilasters and central
recessed panels. Flat-coped walls enclose area in front and break forward, ending
in square piers with flat coping. Wrought iron vehicle and pedestrian gates have
spearhead standards and dog-bars and acanthus ornament to principals. LISTED GRADE 2*
General Cemetery Company; restored 1978 by Tyne and Wear County Council. Sandstone
ashlar with plinth; Welsh slate roofs. Symmetrical; classical style. Banded
rustication. High round arch with archivolt and impost band flanked by 2-storey
towers and one-storey, one-bay chapels. Cornice and blocking course above arch;
second stage of towers has corner pilasters and iron grilles under cornice and
blocking course. Chapels attached have pediments on paired pilasters and central
recessed panels. Flat-coped walls enclose area in front and break forward, ending
in square piers with flat coping. Wrought iron vehicle and pedestrian gates have
spearhead standards and dog-bars and acanthus ornament to principals. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
425690
Northing
565560
Grid Reference
NZ425690565560
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/339; T. Faulkner and A. Greg, 1987, John Dobson Newcastle Architect 1787-1865