Main east entrance to Highgate (Western) Cemetery, mortuary chapels and railings

The main east entrance to Highgate (Western) Cemetery, along with its mortuary chapels and railings, was built between 1838 and 1839 by Stephen Geary for the London Cemetery Company. This structure is designed in the Tudor Gothick style and is made of yellow stock brick with stone dressings and slated roofs.

The entrance features a central four-centred archway that has a plaque inscribed with "London Cemetery" and displays the City of London Coat of Arms, topped with a dripmould. It is flanked by two former mortuary chapels: the southern Anglican chapel, which is now a shop/display area, and the northern Nonconformist chapel, now used as offices. The chapels are adorned with two-storey polygonal turrets that have lancet windows and polygonal terminal features, as well as a central two-storey narrow canted bay window with pointed lights on each chapel. The structure is topped with crenellated parapets.

Inside, the chapels are plain, with the Anglican chapel containing a crypt, a hydraulic bier, and a tunnel that leads under the road.

Additionally, the chapels have cast-iron traceried railings attached to their north and south facades, set on brick sleeper walls. These railings include entrance gateways with octagonal stone piers topped with ogival finials and double gates featuring cast-iron tracery.

Historically, the original western cemetery opened in 1839 and was designed by David Ramsay, covering approximately 17 acres. Due to popular demand, the eastern cemetery was opened in 1855, and the Anglican chapel was equipped with a hydraulic bier to facilitate the transfer of coffins into a tunnel leading to the new cemetery, much of which remains today.