Description

BRIGHTON

TQ3205NW LEWES ROAD
577-1/23/382 (East side)
Brighton Extra Mural Cemetery: Ray
mausoleum

GV II

Mausoleum of the Ray family, approx 5 metres east of the
cemetery chapel (qv). c1850. Knapped flint with granite
dressings, asphalted roof.
The building is square in plan and partly set into the
hillside.
Pointed-arched entrance to west set under a rectangular
hoodmould, the spandrels filled with quatrefoils, and over it
a gabled niche containing a Classical female figure.
The 2 principal fronts to west and south are divided by
buttresses creating uneven bays on the west side, even on the
south, and there is a high base with an offset through which
the entrance breaks.
South bay to west has a trefoiled niche under a pointed-arched
hoodmould with another Classical female figure in it and a
cross in an octofoil above.
On the south side there are 2 trefoiled panels under ogee
hoodmoulds, that to the west 'Mary at the Sepulchre', to the
east 'Gethsemane'. The east face has a similar panel of Christ
and St Peter. Cornice and blocking course.

Listing NGR: TQ3246105841

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26661765

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas