York Cemetery Railings, Gates, Gate Piers And Terminal Piers On West Boundary

York Cemetery features railings, gates, gate piers, and terminal piers along its west boundary, designed by J P Pritchett and manufactured by John Walker in 1837, with the carriage gates replaced in 1880 by William Walker. The gates and railings are made of cast iron, while the piers are constructed from ashlar stone. The gates include turned bars and dogbars topped with ornate spearhead finials and bulbous mouldings at mid-height. These gates are supported by three square gate piers with domed caps, which have incised Greek fret motifs on their outer faces and anthemion designs on the caps. The railings are square in section and set diagonally within a dwarf stone wall that features cambered coping. The intermediate piers rise to approximately 5.0 meters, are square in plan, and taper to domed caps. The terminal piers at the north and south ends are about 5.5 meters high, adorned with moulded cornices, with the northern pier featuring a sarcophagus and the southern pier topped with a sphinx.