Entrance Lodges and Gates to Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1957. Lodge. 3 related planning applications.
Entrance Lodges and Gates to Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-flagstone-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1957
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- Entrance Lodges and Gates to Cemetery, London Road, RG1 3AQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 731 731
- Coordinates
- 51.45295, -0.94808
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance lodges and gates to the cemetery, built around 1840 by local architect William Brown, are a notable example of 19th-century architecture. The buildings are constructed from Bath stone and stand two storeys high. They feature an arched entry with a moulded architrave and a central keystone, set within a rectangular block adorned with Doric pilasters, a moulded entablature, and a pediment above. Each flanking lodge has an entablature and a blocking course, topped with a hipped slate roof and flanking chimneys. Each lodge contains one window with glazing bar sashes, surrounded by an architrave. The rear of the lodges has a parapet with a recessed centre, and the sides have shallow pediments above the parapets. The contemporary gates are made of cast iron, featuring a row of roses beneath spearhead rails.
Local climate
Entrance Lodges and Gates to Cemetery sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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