Description

22/13/4 NORTH WORPLE WAY
30-OCT-73 Mortlake
Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burt
on, churchyard of the Roman Catholic S
t Mary Magdalen

(Formerly listed as:
NORTH WORPLE WAY
Mortlake
Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burt
on, churchyard of St Mary Magdalen)
(Formerly listed as:
NORTH WORPLE WAY SW14
Mortlake
Mausoleum of Sir Richard Burton in the
churchyard of Church of St Mary Magda
len)

II*
Mausoleum. c1890. Mausoleum in the shape of a Bedouin tent made of Carrara marble
and Forest of Dean stone, 12 feet square and 18 feet high.The roof has a gilt tailed 9 point star, the pelmet was enriched with stars and crescents, and the rear originally had a stained glass panel showing the Burton monogram, now replaced in clear glass. Entrance, now blocked, has a crucifix above. Door has inscription "To Sir Richard Francis Burton 1821-1890 and Isabel d.1896". Beneath is a poem by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Interior, visible through rear glass panel contains above ground ornate tapering coffin with extensive gilt enrichment for Sir Richard Burton, with crucifix and camel bells. There is a more conventional mahogany coffin for Lady Burton. Painted roof representing the heavens with stars and seraphim and strings of camel bells. Shrine to rear wall and religious paintings of Christ with Magdalene and Crucifixion to sides and Arabic lamps on floor. This burial was a response to Sir Richard Burton's horror of darkness. An extra ordinary mixture of chapelle ardente and Bedouin tent.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burton at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17553432

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)