Mausoleum of Sir David Yule

The mausoleum of Sir David Yule was constructed in 1929 to designs by Philip Lindsey-Clark. It is built from Bianco el Mare marble and red clay plain tiles, and is surrounded by a wrought-iron fence and gates. The mausoleum is rectangular in plan and sits within a fenced enclosure in a small pine copse, located within a burial ground to the east of the formal garden.

The exterior is designed as an open stone canopy covered by a hipped roof with sprocketed eaves and bonnet tiles. Square openings on each side of the canopy feature quarter round hollow mouldings and slender attached shafts. Below the canopy is a low, moulded plinth, upon which a carved rug is laid. On the rug sits an elaborately carved stone desk and chair. The desk's top is treated as a classical entablature, incorporating a dentilled cornice resting on a panelled support, flanked by consoles decorated with acanthus leaves. Objects, including books, papers, and a carved wreath, are displayed on the desk. An Empire-style chair, with scrolled armrests and a floral motif at the intersection of its supports, stands nearby and is partially concealed by carved drapery.

Carved panels on the north-east and south-west sides of the plinth depict reliefs illustrating scenes from Sir David Yule's life in India, apparently showing a panorama of Calcutta, a jute plantation, and two mills – the Budge-Budge and Delta Mills, belonging to Andrew Yule & Co. in Bengal. An inscription on the south-east side reads ‘SIR DAVID YULE BT BORN 1858 DIED 1928’. The north-west side features a quotation from Rudyard Kipling’s ‘England’s Answer’: ‘Go to your work and be strong/ Halting not in your ways/ Baulking the end half won/ For an instant dole of praise/ Stand to your work and be wise/ Certain of sword and pen/ Who are neither children nor gods/ But men in a world of men.’ The mausoleum is enclosed by a finely detailed, wrought-iron fence and gates, with delicate floral motifs.