Jesmond, All Saints Cemetery, gate, walls, piers, railings

HER Number:
9077

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, All Saints Cemetery, gate, walls, piers, railings

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Gate

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Cemetery gateway, walls, piers, gates and railings. Dated 1856; by Green. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings; wrought iron gates; cast iron railings. Gothic style. High gable over 2-centred arch with 12 shafts each side and many mouldings; gabled ends have fantastic beasts climbing down kneelers; head-stopped dripmoulds, buttresses and finials. High, pointed coping to flanking walls containing pedestrian doors in arches; end piers have gables with fleur-de-lis moulding. Chamfered coping to dwarf quadrant walls and similar walls along cemetery front, with 4 square piers at each side having pyramidal coping. High gates are Gothic-patterned; railings have fleur-de-lis heads. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
2579

Northing:
6567

Grid Reference:
NZ25796567

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/330