Lodge at east entrance to Highgate (Western) Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1972. Cemetery lodge.

Lodge at east entrance to Highgate (Western) Cemetery

WRENN ID
blind-corridor-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1972
Type
Cemetery lodge
Address
Lodge at east entrance to Highgate (Western) Cemetery, Swain's Lane, London, N6 6PJ
OS grid reference
TQ 285 869
Coordinates
51.56714, -0.14657
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lodge at the east entrance to Highgate (Western) Cemetery, built around 1838-39 by Stephen Geary, serves as a cemetery office. It is constructed of yellow stock brick with stone dressings and is designed in the Tudor Gothick style. The building features an irregular composition, panelled doors, lancet windows, and octagonal buttresses. A coved stone cornice with dog tooth decoration adds to its architectural detail. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Lodge at east entrance to Highgate (Western) Cemetery sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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