Lodges, Railings And Gate Piers At Burngreave Cemetery

The lodges, railings, and gate piers at Burngreave Cemetery date from 1860-61 and were designed by Flockton & Lee. The complex is constructed from coursed squared stone and ashlar, with ashlar dressings and slate roofs, and incorporates cast-iron railings. It is executed in a Jacobean Revival style.

The larger lodge, originally the superintendent’s house, is located to the left. It features a plinth, quoins, a string course, and coped gables. It has two gable stacks, one external, a single lateral stack, and a single ridge stack. The two-storey building has a three-window front, with an L-plan configuration. A central square tower porch contains a chamfered window, and above this, a traceried wooden bell stage and a steep-pitched pyramidal roof. A diagonal buttress is present, along with moulded pointed doorways to the front and right. The left-hand gable features a two-light stone mullioned window, with a canted bay window below fitted with plain sashes. A set-back wing to the right has a through eaves gabled dormer containing a two-light mullioned window, and a two-light mullioned window on the floor below. The left return has a similar dormer and a three-light mullioned window below.

The smaller lodge, formerly the sexton’s house, is situated to the right and is a simpler interpretation of the same style. It is a two-storey two-window range L-plan building, with a single external gable stack and a single ridge stack. The large left gable has a two-light mullioned window on each floor, and a shouldered doorway with a close boarded door to the right. The right return features a single chamfered window on each side of the stack. The interior of both lodges was not inspected, and at the time of survey, the lodges were unoccupied and boarded up.

Between the lodges are four gate piers with gabled tops and pyramidal caps featuring crocket finials. Three pairs of cast-iron gates are present, with Decorated tracery. Beyond these gates, on either side, are cast-iron railings set on a chamfered stone plinth. Short boundary walls, linked to the lodges, extend beyond the railings; the wall on the left has a chamfered plinth and coping, and the right wall has a gabled rubble coping.