Lodges, Gate Piers and Railings to Witton Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. Lodges. 1 related planning application.

Lodges, Gate Piers and Railings to Witton Cemetery

WRENN ID
salt-oriel-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Perry Barr MP: Ayoub Khan (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Lodges
Address
Lodges, Gate Piers and Railings to Witton Cemetery, Moor Lane B6, B6 7AG
OS grid reference
SP 080 920
Coordinates
52.52637, -1.88299
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lodges, gate piers, and railings at Witton Cemetery were built around 1850. They are made of pink sandstone with buff stone dressings and feature a multi-coloured slate roof. The lodges are intentionally asymmetrical, both individually and in relation to each other. The principal lodge, located to the north, has a canted bay window and two gables facing the road. On the drive side, it features a two-storey canted bay window with a stone roof, as well as a set-back entrance tower-porch that includes tripartite bell openings, prominent gargoyles, and a tall pyramidal roof with lucarnes. It also has bold chimney stacks. The southern lodge is a smaller structure with one storey plus an attic, styled similarly to the northern lodge but more modestly, featuring a canted bay window facing the road and a bowed south end. The turret piers are buttressed and topped with stone spires and iron finials, while the flanking railings are made of iron in a Gothic style. There are also quadrant railings leading to modern piers and entrance gates.

Local climate

Lodges, Gate Piers and Railings to Witton Cemetery receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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