Cory-Wright Mausoleum

The mausoleum is a rectangular stone structure set into the slope overlooking the Egyptian Avenue. Large ashlar blocks form a smooth base and a rusticated superstructure with alternate courses vermiculated. The roof is of stone slabs set behind kneelered end gables. The entrance is on the uphill (north west) side, flanked by dwarf walls: an arched doorway with a moulded surround is surmounted by an enormous keystone bearing a scrolled cartouche. The doors are of bronze (or bronzed iron) with baluster and rosette openwork designs, and bear a plaque marked ' W Richardson & Co., Brownlow Street, Holborn W.C.'. In the rear gable is a quatrefoil traceried window. The interior has a mosaic floor and a single transverse ceiling rib. The quatrefoil window contains flame-coloured stained glass and is surrounded by a text from Deuteronomy 33:27: 'The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.' White marble sarcophagi line the walls, two on each side; these are embellished with multiple Gothic canopies containing pink marble inscription tablets which commemorate Sir Cory Francis Cory-Wright, his wife and children. Small marble caskets set atop the sarcophagi and on a shelf on the rear wall commemorate other family members.