Description

OAKHAM KILBURN ROAD
SK 80 NE

1/10002 Perimeter walls and
railings at east end of
Oakham Cemetery

GV II

Front boundary wall with end piers and railings. Probably original to
the 1860 scheme by Pearson Bellamy and J Spence Hardy of Lincoln.
Piers and plinth wall of ironstone with pale ashlar limestone
dressings; cast-iron railings and standards. In 2 articulated sections
flanking the Cemetery Lodge (q.v.): 11 panels of railings to left and
10 to right. Plinth wall has deeply-chamfered copings. Broad end piers
with single, offset buttress and brattished copings. Railings: cusped
tracery beneath a finialled mid-rail; top rail with spearhead spikes;
intermediate bars with fleur de lys. Linking each panel of railings
are square, open-work standards with tracery, brattished caps and 3-
dimensional fleur de lys finials.

Listing NGR: SK8598309571

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544609

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