It was laid out in 1909 and contains a grade-1-listed red-brick mortuary chapel designed in the Arts and Crafts style by W.H.Bidlake.

The red-brick cemetery lodge and iron gates at the main entrance on Oxhill Road are also grade-II-listed by W.H.Bidlake.

The cemetery accepts new burials since 20 acres are still vacant; there are consecrated, Free Church, Roman Catholic and Muslim sections.