Brighton and Preston Cemetery Entrance Gates and Walls and Piers and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1999. Cemetery entrance.
Brighton and Preston Cemetery Entrance Gates and Walls and Piers and Railings
- WRENN ID
- keen-portal-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1999
- Type
- Cemetery entrance
- Address
- Brighton and Preston Cemetery Entrance Gates and Walls and Piers and Railings, Hartington Road, the City of Brighton and Hove
- OS grid reference
- TQ 324 055
- Coordinates
- 50.8342, -0.12008
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance gates, walls, piers, and railings to Brighton and Preston Cemetery were built in 1885, as noted above the side arches. They are made of buff terracotta, flint, and wrought iron, and feature a late Gothic style. The gates are part of a terracotta screen with five bays, where the central bay is broader and higher, creating a carriage arch.
The carriage arch is flanked by panelled and pinnacled piers, with a pointed-arched intrados and a gabled extrados. The tympanum above is decorated with quatrefoil ornamentation and the words 'BRIGHTON & PRESTON CEMETERY' displayed prominently. Each of the two narrower bays on either side mirrors this design, but includes a Tudor-arched opening below. The inner bay on each side serves as a pedestrian entrance, while the outer bays feature wrought-iron screens.
Wrought-iron gates are present at all three entrances, showcasing intricate scrolling and cusped ironwork. The design on the inner, north side is identical to the south side, except it lacks the lettering. Dwarf walls, made of flint with terracotta coping, curve around into Hartington Road and connect to the gateway. These walls have piers with crested tops and are adorned with wrought-iron railings in between.
Local climate
Brighton and Preston Cemetery Entrance Gates and Walls and Piers and Railings receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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