Description

ST 8268 BOX BATH ROAD
(south side)

3/27 The Cemetery Lodge

GV II

Entrance Lodge to Box Cemetery, 1857 by Poulton and Woodman of
Reading, crazed rubble banded in ashlar with stone tiled roof,
sawtooth ridge, coped gables and triple ridge stack. One and a
half storeys. Highly ornate Gothic with openings further
emphasised with alternating rubble and ashlar voussoirs. Gable-
ended to road with pierced star in apex, 2-'light pointed window to
first floor and 2-light ground floor window with keyhole- main
lights and blank circle above under segmental-pointed voussoir
course continued each side over small triangular ashlar panels with
pierced star. Two small flanking buttresses. West front has
projecting steeply gabled porch to left with iron finial, pointed
arched doorway and 2 very small lights low down to side walls. To
right, single keyhole light and 2-light window similar to that on
north wall ground floor. South end wall has 2-light pointed head
window. Similar window to gabled east side projection.

Listing NGR: ST8206168420

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26645456

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover