Latitude: 50.8032 / 50°48'11"N
Longitude: -1.0683 / 1°4'5"W
OS Eastings: 465749
OS Northings: 100813
OS Grid: SU657008
Mapcode National: GBR VVN.L9
Mapcode Global: FRA 86NZ.1MJ
Plus Code: 9C2WRW3J+7M
Entry Name: Lych Gate with Iron Gates, Kingston Cemetery
Listing Date: 18 March 1999
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1387194
English Heritage Legacy ID: 475116
ID on this website: 101387194
Location: Kingston Cemetery, Kingston, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1
County: City of Portsmouth
Electoral Ward/Division: Fratton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Portsmouth
Traditional County: Hampshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire
Church of England Parish: Portsea St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Portsmouth
Tagged with: Lychgate
PORTSMOUTH
SU6500 ST MARY'S ROAD, Kingston 774-1/10/259 (North side) Lych gate with iron gates, Kingston Cemetery
GV II
Lych gate with iron gates. c1858. Probably by George Rake. Flint, grey Portland stone rubble, stone dressings. Slate roof. At centre is a large vehicular entrance with stone pointed arch and moulded jambs with flanking round attached columns with the round moulding continuing over arch. Behind are 2 shorter paired columns at each side supported on stone corbels. Stone coped facing gable. Stepped clasping buttresses with rusticated stone quoins each terminating with crocketed pinnacle. Ornately patterned 2-leaf wrought-iron gate, each panel with 18 small square pierced trefoil panels with patterned ironwork with spikes to top panel. Flanking recessed pedestrian entries each with pointed stone arch and dripstone. Facing gable with small pediment over each opening. Rusticated stone quoins with short flanking stepped buttresses. Wrought-iron gate to each opening, smaller but similar patterned to centre gates. Rear face of entrance is similar to front except in lieu of attached columns to centre opening jambs are plain splayed stone. Centre porch has timber roof trusses with diagonal boarding and flanking pedestrian porches have low stone barrel vaults.
Listing NGR: SU6600900822
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