Description

OAKHAM KILBURN ROAD SK 80 NE Lodge at 1/10001 Oakham Cemetery

GV II

Cemetery lodge and office. 1860. By Pearson Bellamy and J Spence Hardy of Lincoln. Thinly coursed ironstone with pale ashlar limestone dressings; banded slate roofs. 1:3:1 bays having 1 storey and attic centre flanked by single storey wings. Gothic Revival style. Chamfered plinth. Central bay breaks forward slightly and has 2-centred carriage arch with hoodmould; original cast-iron gates. Narrower gable above with triangular oriel window having shouldered lights, brattishing and ashlar roof. On left of arch is a 3-light window with plain tracery, 2-centred arch and hoodmould. To right is a canted bay window with cusped tracery, brattishing and ashlar roof; from it rises a gabled dormer with 2-light window. Crested ridges and projecting end stacks with brattished caps. Side wing set back on left has cusped lancet beneath a small gable; half-hipped end to main roof. Side bay on right is blank screen wall with later infill behind. Rear: office in single storey wing behind bay 4 has projecting end stack with offsets and brattished cap. To right of arch are square- headed 2-light windows, that to ground floor with tracery.

Listing NGR: SK8597409560

External Links

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