Gateway and Chapels of Broadwater Cemetery, Together with Tombs of Richard Jefferies (Near Middle of Cemetery) and Wh Hudson (On South Side) is a Grade II listed building in the Worthing local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1976. Cemetery gate. 1 related planning application.
Gateway and Chapels of Broadwater Cemetery, Together with Tombs of Richard Jefferies (Near Middle of Cemetery) and Wh Hudson (On South Side)
- WRENN ID
- empty-grate-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Worthing
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham MP: Tom Rutland (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1976
- Type
- Cemetery gate
- Address
- Gateway and Chapels of Broadwater Cemetery, Together with Tombs of Richard Jefferies (Near Middle of Cemetery) and Wh Hudson (On South Side), South Farm Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 142 043
- Coordinates
- 50.82784, -0.37971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway and chapels of Broadwater Cemetery, along with the tombs of Richard Jefferies and W H Hudson, were likely built around 1870. This H-shaped Gothic Revival entrance features a Church of England chapel on the north side and a Nonconformist chapel on the south side, which is currently used as a workshed for the cemetery. The structure is made of random rubble in various colors, with masonry dressings. The chapels have gables facing east and west, showcasing large windows with Decorated tracery on the east and lancet windows on the west. There is an arch on corbels leading to a passage through the cross range, topped with a Tuscan inscription on a tablet. The tombs of Richard Jefferies, a novelist and essayist known for his naturalistic themes, and W H Hudson, a naturalist and writer, are both simple, featuring plain marble kerbs.
Local climate
Gateway and Chapels of Broadwater Cemetery, Together with Tombs of Richard Jefferies (Near Middle of Cemetery) and Wh Hudson (On South Side) receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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