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Latitude: 51.5669 / 51°34'0"N
Longitude: -0.1472 / 0°8'49"W
OS Eastings: 528515
OS Northings: 186966
OS Grid: TQ285869
Mapcode National: GBR DT.X65
Mapcode Global: VHGQL.DWK5
Plus Code: 9C3XHV83+Q4
Entry Name: Colonnade west of entrance and chapels in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
Listing Date: 16 November 1972
Last Amended: 11 January 1999
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1378874
English Heritage Legacy ID: 478234
ID on this website: 101378874
Location: Highgate Cemetery, Parliament Hill, Camden, London, N6
County: London
District: Camden
Electoral Ward/Division: Highgate
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Camden
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Michael Highgate
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Architectural structure
TQ2886NE
798-1/13/1553
CAMDEN
SWAIN'S LANE (west side)
Colonnade west of entrance and chapels in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
(Formerly Listed as: HIGHGATE (WESTERN) CEMETERY, Colonnade West of Mortuary Chapels)
16/11/72
GV
II
Curved colonnade forming a courtyard with the main east entrance (qv) and buttressing the rising ground behind. c1838-39. By Stephen Geary. Yellow stock brick with stone dressings. Colonnade of 15 four-centred arches with chamfered arises. Parapet with stone gabled coping and string below. Central flight of steps leading up into cemetery.
INTERIOR with brick arched vaults carried on cast-iron beams and commemorative plaques.
HISTORICAL NOTE: originally used as a gathering place for funeral corteges before processing to the graveside.
Listing NGR: TQ2851586966
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