List of Mausolea - England

England

  • Rothschild Mausoleum

  • Sassoon Mausoleum, 2008.

  • Montefiore Synagogue and tomb.

  • Frogmore Mausoleum, burial place of Victoria and Albert
  • Highgate Cemetery, London, has an impressive collection of Victorian mausoleums
  • Castle Howard Mausoleum, in Yorkshire, by the noted architect Hawksmoor, and ancestral resting place of the Howard family. Inaccessible to the public save by prior appointment.
  • Kensal Green Cemetery, London, the oldest English cemetery of its type still in operation, has many elaborate Victorian mausoleums, including that of Anthony Trollope.
  • Museum of Garden History, holds Captain Bligh’s monument moulded from Coade stone.
  • West Norwood Cemetery, London includes listed buildings with unusual materials that include wood, pottery (Doulton and Tate) and cast iron (Berens), and many classical mausoleums in its Greek Orthodox area.
  • Ralph Adam Mausoleum (c.1766, restored 1965), Claverton, Somerset

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