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Lodge, Entrance Gateway and Screen Walls of Chapel Hill Cemetery the Old Cemetery Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in Basingstoke, Hampshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2693 / 51°16'9"N

Longitude: -1.0913 / 1°5'28"W

OS Eastings: 463491

OS Northings: 152635

OS Grid: SU634526

Mapcode National: GBR B6H.6YF

Mapcode Global: VHD08.1CF8

Plus Code: 9C3W7W95+PF

Entry Name: Lodge, Entrance Gateway and Screen Walls of Chapel Hill Cemetery the Old Cemetery Cottage

Listing Date: 7 April 1989

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1278186

English Heritage Legacy ID: 406422

ID on this website: 101278186

Location: Basingstoke, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, RG21

County: Hampshire

District: Basingstoke and Deane

Electoral Ward/Division: Norden

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Basingstoke

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire

Church of England Parish: Basingstoke

Church of England Diocese: Winchester

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Description


The following building shall be added to the list;

SU 65 SW BASINGSTOKE CHAPEL HILL

2/60 Lodge (The Old Cemetery
Cottage), entrance
gateway and screen
walls of Chapel Hill
Cemetery

II

Lodge, entrance gateway and bridge and screen walls of cemetery. Mid/Late
C19. Knapped flint with limestone dressings, mathematical tiles over
timber framing, slate roof. The entrance gateway has a bridge over with
screen walls fanning out and lodge to left. Gothic style.

Lodge has 3 bay front to entrance, outer ones gabled with turret between.
Two storeys on basement. Flint below, mathematical tiles above. Two
light window and door to left, both covered by wooden verandah. Doorway
to right flanked by windows. Above is a 2 light window, a stepped 3 light
window and a 4 light window all with eaded lattice glazing. Gables with
carved bargeboards, central spire between. The right hand gable has two
projections on wooden brackets. Road elevation has external stack with
offsets and brick top, similar at rear of right gable. Single storey
rear wing to left. The lodge is set on a bruttressed screen wall with
flight of steps.

Entrance gateway is formed by a cast iron bridge on chequerwork piers,
decorative cast iron gates between. The piers are pierced by pointed
arches, the right hand one has a room within lit by lancet windows.

Screen walls. That to left is under the lodge (see above) that to right
is curved and buttressed and retains a grass bank.

The cemetery was opened in 1858 and had two chapels designed by Paulton
and Woodman of Reading. This may be relevant to this building.


Listing NGR: SU6223851421

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