Cemetery Lodge, and associated boundary wall and railings is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 2020. Lodge. 1 related planning application.

Cemetery Lodge, and associated boundary wall and railings

WRENN ID
frozen-outpost-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Country
England
Date first listed
22 January 2020
Type
Lodge
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a cemetery lodge, built in 1863-1864 in the Tudor Gothic style, designed by Jacques and Son of Gloucester. The lodge is accompanied by a boundary wall and railings.

The building is constructed of coursed limestone with limestone dressings, and has plain clay tile roofs. A later extension is built of red brick. The overall plan is a "T" shape, oriented northeast to southwest, with lower sections flanking the rear wing to create a rectangular footprint.

The lodge features high gables with coped verges and moulded kneelers, a moulded string course separating the ground and first floors, cast-iron rainwater goods, and stone mullioned windows with metal casements. The main elevation, facing Watery Lane, includes a projecting, gabled bay to the left with a canted bay window on the ground floor and a two-light window above. A trefoil ventilator with a moulded surround sits near the gable's apex. A centrally positioned doorway is topped by a three-light overdoor. The right-hand bay has windows on both the ground and first floors, and a gable-end stack. The gable end has a three-light window on the ground floor and a two-light window above, along with a trefoil ventilator surrounded by moulding towards the apex. To the left, in the angle between the rear wing and the main section, is a single-story stone extension with a four-centred-arched doorway, which provided access to the former sexton’s store. The rear elevation has a central gabled cross-wing with a large, tapering stack rising above the eaves. A two-story, 20th-century brick addition sits in the angle between the wing and the main range, replacing an earlier ground-floor store which mirrored the one on the opposite side of the wing and had a flat roof level with the main range's eaves.

Inside, the entrance door leads into a small hallway with a steep, enclosed staircase rising to the rear, and principal rooms on either side. The fireplaces have been removed, but original skirtings, door surrounds, and most internal panelled doors remain. Window openings are deeply splayed and recessed below. The room in the 20th-century extension features mid-20th-century metal windows and finishes. A staircase at the top of the rear stairs leads to the principal rooms, a bathroom in the cross-wing, and a store on the upper floor of the extension.

The front of the lodge is bounded by a stone wall, partly retaining, with spear-head iron railings. This wall curves to join the gatepier of the adjacent pedestrian entrance to the cemetery (the gate piers and gates are separately listed at Grade II).

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