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Artists s impression COMMUNITY group, Junction Arch Heritage and Arts (JAHA), has shared its latest plans for Reading’s Cemetery Junction Arch, which it has submitted to the council in a bid to save it for community use. If its bid is successful, JAHA plans to create a heritage and arts hub at the entrance to the cemetery, making it a space for the whole community to enjoy. In addition to display space for heritage and art exhibitions, doubling as a meeting room for local businesses and community groups, it would incorporate street food and refreshments booths with seating decks and affordable office space for social enterprises.
Our thanks go out to a sharp-eyed Bygones reader this week, who informed us that a for sale sign has gone up on Cemetery Junction Arch, so we are using this as an excuse to delve into the history of one of the Reading’s most iconic landmarks. Situated in the Newtown area of east Reading, adjacent to the junction of the A4 Bath Road and the A329 road from Wokingham, it is a grade II listed structure. Built in 1843 by William Brown, the building serves as a two-storey ornamental gatehouse to the nearby cemetery, complete with cast iron gates.