More information : North-west lodge, gateway and boundary wall at City Road Cemetery. Entrance lodge, gateway and boundary wall. 1878-81. By ME Hadfield & Son. Coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Tudor Revival style. Lodge, 2 storeys; single window range. T-plan. Plinth, moulded coped gables, large lozenge-shaped coped ridge stack. Openings have label moulds. Towards the drive, a gabled wing with a single 8-pane sash on each floor. In the left return angle, a Tudor arched door. Main gable, to left, has a stone mullioned 2-light window with 8-pane sashes. Below, a canted stone bay window with coped parapet and similar fenestration. INTERIOR not inspected. Adjoining gateway has 2 octagonal ashlar gate piers topped with ribbed ogee domes and finials. Pair of wrought-iron gates. To west, a Tudor arched doorway with label mould. Boundary wall has double chamfered coping. Approx 400m long. (1)
The entrance lodge (M E Hadfield and Son 1878-81, listed grade II), situated inside the cemetery immediately south-west of the Harwich Road entrance, and the gateway (M E Hadfield and Son 1878-81, listed grade II) are in Tudor Revival style. The lodge is built in local coursed sandstone, with blue slate roofs. The adjoining carriage gateway has two octagonal gate piers topped with ribbed ogee domes and finials, now (2002) missing, and a pair of wrought-iron gates. To the west is a pedestrian entrance, a Tudor-arched doorway with label mould over. (2) |