Boundary Walls To Friends Burial Ground Walls Bounding The Friends Burial Ground

The boundary walls to the Friends' Burial Ground in York date from the 18th and 19th centuries, likely incorporating sections from a 17th-century wall, with part of the wall on the Carr Lane side being medieval or earlier. The walls surround the burial ground on the north-west, north-east, south-east, and south-west sides, with a break on the south-west for Tuke House. The wall on the north-west side forms the southern edge of Carr Lane. The earlier sections are made of rubble stone, while the later parts are constructed from orange-red and variegated red brick, some laid in English garden-wall bond and others in random bond, with brick and stone copings. Access to the burial ground is provided from Cromwell Road through double doors in a segment-arched gateway. The walls vary in height from approximately 1.75 metres to 2.75 and 3.0 metres, with some areas ramped up and raked along Carr Lane. The earlier walls feature dwarf pilaster buttresses on the inner side and flat or sloped brick copings, while the 19th-century wall has a chamfered stone coping.