Description

TQ 2881 NW CITY OF WESTMINSTER PADDINGTON STREET, W1
44/26 (south side)
Fitzpatrick family
Mausoleum on east side
of the southern half of
public gardens
G.V. II
Family mausoleum. Probably 1759, erected by the Hon Richard Fitzpatrick in
memory of his wife, the gardens being formerly St Marylebone (or St George's)
Burial Ground opened in 1733. Portland stone, square, idiosyncratic
neo-classical structure looking more like a conduit head. Stout angle piers
flank each face, that to south with opening under shallow segmental arch and
springing from bold imposts and similar blind panels to other 3 faces; swagged
drapery over south opening with inscribed plaque and similar plaques over panel
arches. Bold cornice and blocking course from which rises massive square dome
finished off with a shaped pedestal supporting a funerary urn.

Listing NGR: TQ2818881751

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26318944

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)