Description

BISHOP AUCKLAND

NZ22NW SOUTH CHURCH ROAD
634-1/5/114 (East side (off))
Bishop Auckland Cemetery Lodge

GV II

Lodge to municipal cemetery. Probably 1884.
MATERIALS: coursed squared stone with ashlar plinth and
dressings and rock faced quoins. Lakeland slate roof,
graduated in part, with stone gable copings and pierced dark
grey terracotta ridge cresting.
PLAN: irregular.
EXTERIOR: Gothic Revival style. Single storey plus attic. 3
windows. Raised dripmould over Tudor-arched boarded door in
steeply gabled porch to left of central bay. Central bay
projects under gable and has canted ground-floor bay with
stone mullions to 2 lights with trefoil tracery, and stone
hipped roof. 3 shouldered lights above with sloping stone
sills, and small slit in gable peak. Wide side buttresses to
left of door and to right of central bay unite the two in one
projection under 2 gables. At left, 3 trefoil heads and
relieving arch to ground-floor window in ashlar surround with
alternate block jambs, and 2-light window with pointed heads
in gabled dormer breaking eaves.
Right bay is set back further with similar windows and with
pointed-arched boarded door with elaborate wrought-iron
hinges, in moulded surround at left. Steeply pitched roof with
ashlar peaks and fleur-de-lys finials. Right set back bay has
roof slightly higher, and of graduated slate, with stubby
right end chimney. Left part has tall stone-coped chimney at
rear. Tall chimney rises from eaves of right return of
entrance projection. Chimney pots all short, square and grey,
possibly stone.

Listing NGR: NZ2149229341

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491104

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990