Cemetery Lodge

Cemetery Lodge was built in 1848 by J.R. Hamilton of Gloucester. It is constructed of blue-grey engineering brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with limestone dressings. The roof is steeply pitched slate, featuring crested ridge tiles and stone coping to the gable ends. The lodge has gable end and axial stacks, each with three octagonal ashlar shafts, featuring moulded caps and bases; the south west stack is corbelled out from the gable end.

The building follows a rectangular plan with a central carriageway, and includes a cemetery keeper’s cottage on the north west side and offices on the north east side. It is designed in a Tudor Gothic style.

The lodge is two storeys high and has three bays. The central bay is distinguished by a tall, advanced gable with marginal buttresses, and features a double-chamfered four-centred arch carriageway with a carved keystone. Above the carriageway, a corbelled stone oriel is situated, featuring a crenellated cornice and a shaft rising from its roof to a buttressed gablet on the gable apex, which is surmounted by a stone cross. The flanking bays contain stone four-light windows with king mullions and transoms, with gabled half-dormers featuring two-light windows, all with four-centred arch heads to the lights and metal casements. Diagonal corner buttresses are present. The rear (north west) elevation has a gabled central carriageway with diagonal buttresses, a similar arch, and a tall stepped three-light window above; the elevation is flanked by lower advanced gables. The left gable has a tall two-light first-floor window over a recessed panel and a small ground-floor window. The right gable has a three-light ground-floor window and a two-light first-floor window, similar to those on the front. Chamfered four-centred arch doorways are located inside the carriageway. Gates at the front of the carriageway include wrought-iron grilles in open panels, with wrought-iron hinges and cresting.

The interior of the lodge has not been inspected.

The lodge was part of a competition entry for the design of the Church of England cemetery, which extended to approximately 9 acres and originally contained the Church of St Michael, which has since been demolished.