Description

GREAT AMWELL ST JOHNS LANE
TL 3712
(south side)
Great Amwell village
12/16 Mylne mausoleum
in churchyard
8 metres east of chancel

GV II

Mausoleum. 1800 by Robert Mylne (1733 - 1811). Buff brick and
York stone slab roof. A plain rectangular building in fine buff
brickwork in Flemish-bond. Low pitched roof with 3 stone slabs
to each slope cramped together. Plain stone pediment at each and
with recessed tympanaum of stone with decorative tooled finish.
Limestone plain doorframe on W end has coved projecting lintol.
Doorway bricked up. Fixed to the exterior by bronze pins and
built in flanking the door, stone memorial tablets to the Mylne
family. The roof is surmonted by a large square pedestal with
moulded base and cap, with a fluted stone urn on top. Coade-
stone circular plaque of a mourner on W side of pedestal, Mylne
achievement on E side, N side plain, and inscribed on S side
'Deo Opt Max/Coemeterium/pro se et suis/dat don dedicat/Robertus
Mylne/MDCCC.

Listing NGR: TL3720312502

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26349531

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)