High Wycombe Cemetery
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Description
Nineteenth century municipal cemetery gardens, opened in 1855 and extended in 1893 and 1929
Early Victorian cemetary, has the same layout today (B1).
A typical early Burial Board cemetery for a market and furniture town opened in 1855 with successive extensions northwards in similar style in the later C19 and C20. The geometric C19 layout survives largely intact with the Victorian Lodge as the principal building, and a group of vaults. It has some notable trees including an avenue of pleached limes along the main drive. Sited on a steep west-facing slope, it enjoys spectacular views west over the town in the Hughenden Valley and north-west to the rural top end of the valley towards the Disraeli Monument (1862) and across Hughenden Park to the Manor. See report for detail (B2).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Nineteenth century municipal cemetery gardens, opened in 1855 and extended in 1893 and 1929
Date Listed
n/a