West Gateway, Walls And Gates Of St Nicholas Cemetery

The West Gateway, walls, and gates of St. Nicholas Cemetery were built in 1857 and feature a Gothic style. The structure includes sandstone ashlar piers and snecked sandstone walls topped with ashlar coping, along with wrought iron gates. The vehicle entrance is marked by two tall octagonal piers, each adorned with four gabled side buttresses that have cusped panels. The piers have steeply-sloped overlapping coping with a top quatrefoil band, and large seahorse finials that support shields facing across the gate. The left shield depicts a shipwreck on rocks in low relief, while the right shield shows a ship in full sail. The gateway on the left has a shouldered head with carved flowers in the spandrels and a date panel above, set under a raised brattished panel. The walls feature steeply-sloped overlapping coping that continues from the piers, and the Gothic arcaded gates are topped with fleur-de-lis finials.