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Saffron Hill Cemetery West Lodge and Attached Walls, Gatepiers and Gates

A Grade II Listed Building in Eyres Monsell, City of Leicester

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.5936 / 52°35'36"N

Longitude: -1.1317 / 1°7'54"W

OS Eastings: 458915

OS Northings: 299885

OS Grid: SP589998

Mapcode National: GBR 8N1.8PX

Mapcode Global: WHDJQ.L29J

Plus Code: 9C4WHVV9+C8

Entry Name: Saffron Hill Cemetery West Lodge and Attached Walls, Gatepiers and Gates

Listing Date: 2 August 2002

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1088069

English Heritage Legacy ID: 489655

ID on this website: 101088069

Location: Saffron Hill Cemetery, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2

County: City of Leicester

Electoral Ward/Division: Eyres Monsell

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Leicester

Traditional County: Leicestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire

Church of England Parish: Leicester St Christopher

Church of England Diocese: Leicester

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718/0/10171 STONESBY AVENUE
02-AUG-02 SAFFRON HILL CEMETERY
Saffron Hill Cemetery West Lodge and a
ttached walls, gatepiers and gates

GV II

Cemetery lodge house with attached gate piers and gates and walls. 1928-9. By EP Mawson. Red brick with pyramidal plain tile roof and central brick stack. Neo-Georgian style with Crittall windows. Square plan. 2 storeys. A central round-headed window on the road facade set in full-height slightly projecting arch. A raised band becomes the cill band around the building. A 2-light window either side below. Further casements to sides and rear. Attached to right corner a short section of wall with coping and plinth. Attached to left a flat-roofed range formerly the registrar's office with door and single-light window. Further to left a round-arched gateway with wrought-iron pedestrian gate and further to left the gatepiers and gates. Tall brick piers are surmounted by stepped stone caps carved with cross motifs. Elaborate wrought-iron carriage gates.
This well-designed cemetery lodge and gates forms a pair with the East Lodge and gate piers and gates (qv) and both form a group with the cemetery chapel (qv).
Saffron Hill Cemetery is included in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens at grade II.


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