The site contains many 19th-century monuments, but only the lodge remains of the original buildings. Other features include two entrances, a war memorial, a promenade and large numbers of ash, beech, lime, horse chestnut, cedar and evergreen bushes.

Saffron Hill is an early-20th-century cemetery laid out to designs by Thomas Mawson and Edward Prentice Mawson, with buildings designed by E P Mawson. Features include a number of avenues, a pair of simple Georgian-style gate lodges and several specimen trees.