Former Lodges To Woodhouse Cemetery

The former lodges to Woodhouse Cemetery, now used as post-graduate rooms for Leeds University, were built in 1835 by John Clark for the Leeds General Cemetery Company. Constructed from ashlar and gritstone with grey slate roofs, the lodges are designed in the Greek Revival style.

The entrance front features giant Doric columns in antis with a pediment and a deep blocking course, which fronts the recessed three-storey lodges that have blind part-concealed pilasters and pediments. At the rear, there is a central rectangular entrance with a pediment on consoles, flanked by lower pedestrian gateways that have niches with urns above. The projecting flanking lodges have shouldered architraves and pediments, sash windows with glazing bars, and blind panels on the returns. There is also a low three-bay range with two 16-pane sashes and a door with an overlight to the right.

Inside, the portico has lodge entrances on both the left and right. The left lodge features four-panel false double doors and a stone staircase with an elaborate balustrade adorned with fleur-de-lis motifs and a ramped handrail. The staircase in the right lodge has plain square-section balusters.

The lodges also include high central paired gates with an X-motif on the lock-rail and thick rails topped with spearhead finials, along with lower side gates that are similar in design.