Gateway and forecourt walls to Cathays Cemetery

The gateway and forecourt walls to Cathays Cemetery feature a Gothic entrance portal made of snecked rock-faced sandstone with lighter freestone dressings and coping. The portal includes gabled buttresses and a central wide gabled entrance, which is flanked by narrower gabled pedestrian entrances. The central 2-centred arch has foliage capitals supporting an inner roll moulding, with a hood that has foliage stops and a crocketed finial. Above the arch is a shield decorated with chevrons, positioned under a pointed hood mould. The double iron gates are topped with 4-way finials. The outer 2-centred arches have responds with shafts and stiff leaf capitals, and hoods with foliage stops. Above these arches are shields under pointed hoods, although the shield on the left side is missing. The pedestrian entrances feature saddleback copings, and the iron gates have scrollwork above a hinged top rail and trident finials. The inner side of the portal mirrors the exterior but includes blank shields over the pedestrian gates.

The dwarf forecourt walls are designed with a concave plan that curves outward, ending in octagonal piers topped with pyramidal caps, although the apex of the cap is missing on the left side. These walls are topped with low iron railings.