Benton Road, Heaton Cemetery, lodge

Benton Road, Heaton Cemetery, lodge

HER Number
9855
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Benton Road, Heaton Cemetery, lodge
Place
Heaton
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
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 stone lodge at the east entrance to Heaton Cemetery is a fine two storey building. On its south face are two bay windows either side of an entrance door. The bay windows have stone roofs and mullions. In the south face gable is a stone carved vent, a feature repeated on the west face gable, on which the date stone (‘1890’) is also placed. LOCAL LIST
Easting
426990
Northing
566740
Grid Reference
NZ426990566740
Sources
Newcastle City Council, 2006, Local List of Buildings, Structures, Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces of Special Local Architectural or Historic Interest Supplementary Planning Document