Birkin Mausoleum In Wilford Hill Cemetery

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SK 53 NE WEST BRIDGEFORD OFF LOUGHBOROUGH ROAD

1849-1/10000 Birkin Mausoleum in Wilford Hill Cemetery

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Mausoleum; Built 1921. Portland stone with bronze fittings. Classical style. Designed in the form of a small temple. The west front has 2 fluted Roman Doric columns supporting an entablature and pediment with acroterion. The opening has a pair of low bronze gates. The east front is similar to the west, though with plain pilasters and full-height bronze gates. The interior has 3 panels on eitherside with bronze plaques, that on the left at the east end now missing, to the various members of the Birkin family buried in the nearby vault. Plastered barrel vaulted ceiling. This mausoleum was erected in 1921 to the memory of the Birkin family lace manufacturers of Nottingham. Here are buried Stanley and Margret Birkin and their four children Thomas, Henry, Ida and Archie. Henry Birkin, known as Tim was one of the famous 'Bentley Boys' who successfully competed at Le Mans for the Bentley Racing Team.

Listing NGR: SK5775235094