Monkwearmouth, Mere Knolls Cemetery, east lodge and gates
Monkwearmouth, Mere Knolls Cemetery, east lodge and gates
HER Number
7143
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Monkwearmouth, Mere Knolls Cemetery, east lodge and gates
Place
Monkwearmouth
Map Sheet
NZ46SW
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Cemetery Lodge
Site Type: Specific
Cemetery Lodge
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Cemetery lodge and gates. 1856. By Thomas Oliver. Lodge and gateway rock faced stone, possibly magnesian limestone from Marsden Quarry, with ashlar dressings. Lakeland slate roof with cast-iron cresting. Mullion windows and ground-floor bay window. First floor windows under pointed arch. Gothic style. 2 storey. One-storey wing set back at left.
Gates wrought-iron. Round panels at dog-bar level. Quatrefoil pattern. High tendril finials to uprights. Trefoil-headed panels and spike finials above central rail.
High vehicle entrance pointed arch flanked by pedestrian arches. Ball flower stops on gable coping. Central cross finial.
A fine example of local stone and local iron-forging skills. Lodge empty at time of survey and all doors and windows blocked. LISTED GRADE 2
Gates wrought-iron. Round panels at dog-bar level. Quatrefoil pattern. High tendril finials to uprights. Trefoil-headed panels and spike finials above central rail.
High vehicle entrance pointed arch flanked by pedestrian arches. Ball flower stops on gable coping. Central cross finial.
A fine example of local stone and local iron-forging skills. Lodge empty at time of survey and all doors and windows blocked. LISTED GRADE 2
Easting
440210
Northing
560130
Grid Reference
NZ440210560130
Sources
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/2/67; T. Corfe, 1983, The Buildings of Sunderland 1814-1914, p 15