Survey Data
Reg No
11204022
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
303859, 234800
Date Recorded
14/05/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Roman Catholic cemetery, established c.1890. Low rubble stone wall with rounded coping divides central area from outer portion of cemetery. Within central area stands Celtic cross inscribed with date ‘1889’. Detached four-bay single-storey caretaker's house present within grounds, with uPVC windows and timber door set into roughcast rendered walls with stone quoins and smooth rendered base course. Pitched slate roof with brick chimney stacks. Perimeter wall to road of rubble construction with angular coping and cast-iron gates. Modern cemetery extension on opposite side of road.
Appraisal
Well-maintained cemetery in suburban area of town containing a variety of finely carved head stones dating from early 1900s to present, indicating cemetery is still in use.