Mausoleum About 400 Metres North West of Wrotham Park is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. Mausoleum.

Mausoleum About 400 Metres North West of Wrotham Park

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hertsmere
Constituency
Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 August 1985
Type
Mausoleum
OS grid reference
TQ 244 994
Coordinates
51.68001, -0.20149
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The mausoleum, built in 1880, is located about 400 meters northwest of Wrotham Park in Potters Bar. It was constructed for George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford of the third creation. The structure is made of Portland stone and has a square plan with square sections cut out at the corners. Blocked Doric columns are positioned at each corner, and there is a continuous heavy cornice topped with urns. A small dome with a skylight sits on a square drum. The building features quoining and has an inscription on the south side that reads, "And in the Garden a Sepulchre" from the Gospel of John, chapter 19, verse 17. A datestone with a coronet is located on the north side. There are iron gates from 1918 to the south, and the mausoleum is enclosed by a railing.

Local climate

Mausoleum About 400 Metres North West of Wrotham Park sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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