Newcastle General Cemetery, south lodge and gateway
Newcastle General Cemetery, south lodge and gateway
HER Number
8815
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Newcastle General Cemetery, south lodge and gateway
Place
Jesmond
Map Sheet
NZ26NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Cemetery Lodge
Site Type: Specific
Cemetery Lodge
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Lodge, gateway, walls and gates. 1836 by John Dobson for Newcastle General
Cemetery Company. Sandstone ashlar; roof of small graduated slates. Classical
style. One storey, one bay. Central blocked tripartite window under pedimented
gable on four pilasters to Gateway has 2-stage towers with raised stone surrounds
to square-headed pedestrian entrances under cornice and chamfered coping.
Pediment shaped upper sections have antefixae and acroterion. High, flat coped
walls enclose area in front and break forward to square piers with sloped coping.
Cast iron vehicle and pedestrian gates have spear-finialled standards and dog-
bars and acanthus ornament to principals. LISTED GRADE 2*
Cemetery Company. Sandstone ashlar; roof of small graduated slates. Classical
style. One storey, one bay. Central blocked tripartite window under pedimented
gable on four pilasters to Gateway has 2-stage towers with raised stone surrounds
to square-headed pedestrian entrances under cornice and chamfered coping.
Pediment shaped upper sections have antefixae and acroterion. High, flat coped
walls enclose area in front and break forward to square piers with sloped coping.
Cast iron vehicle and pedestrian gates have spear-finialled standards and dog-
bars and acanthus ornament to principals. LISTED GRADE 2*
Easting
425780
Northing
565480
Grid Reference
NZ425780565480
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural and Historic Interest, 9/340; Spence and Dower, 2008, South Lodge, Jesmond Old Cemetery - Report on condition and proposals for essential repair