Main Entrance Screen And Lodges City Of London Cemetery

The main entrance screen and two attached lodges at the City of London Cemetery were designed by William Haywood in 1855. They are constructed from rubblestone with ashlar dressings and feature tiled roofs with fishscale decoration on the lodges. The architectural style is Perpendicular Gothic, characterized by a gabled entrance screen with three arches and triple ogee-canopied niches above, which display the City of London crest and two dragons. Flanking the entrance are piers and iron railings that create a semicircular forecourt, with the end piers facing the road being circular with conical tops.

The north-western lodge is two storeys tall, with a pitched roof and a gable on the right side. It has a small, recessed central tower topped with a pyramidal spire, and a single-storey wing with an oriel window to the left. The windows feature Perpendicular tracery, and there is a tall stack with triple Tudor chimneys on the right. This lodge is mirrored by a second lodge to the south-east, which has a similar picturesque design, including a gable, tower, and two oriel windows instead of three. To the right is a single-storey block with wooden traceried windows, and a stack with two Tudor chimney pots is located to the left of the gable.