Cemetery Gate and Lodges is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. Gate and lodges.
Cemetery Gate and Lodges
- WRENN ID
- rough-groin-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1952
- Type
- Gate and lodges
- Address
- Cemetery Gate and Lodges, Old Road West
- OS grid reference
- TQ 641 732
- Coordinates
- 51.43455, 0.35969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cemetery Gate and Lodges, built around 1838 and designed by architect Amon Henry Wilds, are notable structures located on the south side of Old Road West. The buildings are stuccoed and feature a high round-headed carriage archway that is flanked by twin free-standing Doric columns set on plinths, with a panel between them and a pediment over the arch. Each side of the gate has a two-storey lodge with one window, which is framed by twin engaged columns on their outer sides. The windows are designed to taper outward towards the base and have moulded architrave surrounds. The south lodge includes an additional ground floor window bay beyond the columns, with a roof that slopes up to the main building. On either side of the gate, there are low curved stuccoed walls that have five square pillars and spear railings. The Cemetery Gate, Lodges, and Mortuary Chapel are recognized for their group value.
Local climate
Cemetery Gate and Lodges sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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