Sunderland Cemetery, South Lodge

HER Number

7189

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Sunderland Cemetery, South Lodge

Place

Hendon

Map Sheet

NZ45SW

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

Lodge and office to municipal cemetery. c1858. Snecked limestone with sandstone ashlar dressings and wrought-iron door fittings. Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings and ashlar chimneys. H plan with right wing longer due to extension and porch. Gothic style. One storey. Gabled porch with boarded door with elaborate hinges and low-pointed arch head. Gable has fleur-de-lys finial. Canted bay windows. Renewed sash windows. Stone lintels and sills. Bell-cote. Octagonal chimneys. LISTED GRADE 2

Easting

440800

Northing

554470

Grid Reference

NZ440800554470

Sources

Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/7/195