Entrance Lodges and Gates to Arnos Vale Cemetery
ENTRANCE LODGES AND GATES TO ARNOS VALE CEMETERY, BATH ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1203895
- Date first listed:
- 01-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Entrance Lodges and Gates to Arnos Vale Cemetery
- Statutory Address:
- ENTRANCE LODGES AND GATES TO ARNOS VALE CEMETERY, BATH ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Reference:
- IOE01/15012/06
- Rights:
- © Tim Belcher. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1203895
- Date first listed:
- 01-Nov-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Entrance Lodges and Gates to Arnos Vale Cemetery
- Statutory Address 1:
- ENTRANCE LODGES AND GATES TO ARNOS VALE CEMETERY, BATH ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- ENTRANCE LODGES AND GATES TO ARNOS VALE CEMETERY, BATH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Bristol (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 60835 71635
Details
BRISTOL
ST316071 BATH ROAD, Brislington 901-1/47/429 (South side) 01/11/66 Entrance Lodges and Gates to Arno's Vale Cemetery
GV II*
Lodges, now offices, and attached gates. 1837-8. By Charles Underwood. Pennant stone flags and rubble basement, Bath stone walls and slate roofs, wrought-iron railings and gates. Each of rectangular double-depth plan. Greek Revival style: 2 temples facing one another, and linked by railings to piers, and a sliding gate. Each of one storey, attic and basement; 2-window range. Greek Doric tetrastyle temples have tapering columns beneath a deep entablature, frieze with triglyphs and pediment; banded rustication, 5-light door with 2 fielded panels, and 7-light windows with margin bars either side. The elevations to the cemetery are articulated by paired pilasters, with 2 ground-floor 6/6-pane hornless sashes and small 6-pane overhung lights in frieze. The elevations to the road are blind, with banded rustication. C20 extension to rear. Chimney pots front and rear take the place of acroteria; 3 steps and paving in Pennant stone beneath the portico. The entrance has sliding gates, flanked by spear-headed railings on dwarf walls with a hinged pedestrian gate, and ashlar piers with pediment caps; piers pierced to allow the gates to slide through them, on rails. Curved rails set in cobbles inside railings to take pedestrian gate. INTERIOR: W Lodge has dogleg stair, with stone steps down to basement; fine details include deep shirtings, plaster cornices, panelled doors (the pair to the offices being mahogany), marble fireplaces and shutter boxes to sashes. E Lodge is sparser in detail with iron handrail to stone stair. HISTORICAL NOTE: "In 1836 the Bristol General Cemetery Company was formed to meet the urgent need for an increase of burial grounds. Land at Arno's Vale within a mile of the city centre was purchased and consecrated in 1840" (Crick). The cemetery was conceived in an Arcadian manner after Claude, and comprises one of the best pioneering examples of its type in the country. (Gomme A, Jenner M and Little B: Bristol, An Architectural History: Bristol: 1979-: 241; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: North Somerset and Bristol: London: 1958-: 462; Crick C: Victorian Buildings in Bristol: Bristol: 1975-).
Listing NGR: ST6084771629
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 378913
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: North Somerset and Bristol, (1958), 462
Gomme, A H, Jenner, M, Little, B D G, Bristol, An Architectural History, (1979), 241
Crick, C, Victorian Buildings in Bristol, (1975)
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic interest in England, Part 1 Avon,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 10-Jun-2026 at 14:39:22.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.