 A significant proportion of heritage monuments and the 1844 sandstone mortuary chapel have been damaged through vandalism.The increasing aging and weathering of monuments is exacerbating their vulnerability to vandalism, with some previously repaired and re-erected monuments having sustained subsequent damage (grant application, 1/2011)

The cemetery is largely intact, although there have been some unsympathetic modifications in the recent past.The landscape of St Patrick's Cemetery presents a combination of elements from a number of phases in the previous development of the site.