Retaining Walls And Stairs In Church Cemetery

The retaining walls and stairs in the church cemetery date from 1851 to 1856 and are constructed from rockfaced Bulwell stone and ashlar. The burial plot is designed as a semicircular amphitheatre, located in a former sand quarry that is approximately 10 meters deep and 60 meters wide. Surrounding the plot are retaining walls featuring continuous pointed arches separated by buttresses, topped with a coped parapet wall. On the north-east side, there is a tunnel entrance leading from Mansfield Road. The north-west side features an ashlar stairway supported by segmental pointed arches, flanked by a balustrade wall with stepped coping. The cemetery includes many multiple burials from around 1900 to 1914, in addition to conventional internments. The landscaping of the church cemetery was carried out by Edwin Patchitt of Nottingham in 1856.