Mausoleum of James McDonald, Brompton Cemetery

The Mausoleum of James McDonald, located in Brompton Cemetery, is a large structure built from white marble and black granite, designed in a Decorated Gothic style that resembles a small chapel. It features a granite plinth and a stepped base with angled offsets. The square corner pinnacles are adorned with leaf crockets and finials. The entrance, facing the north-east, has a stepped gable topped with an elaborate cross finial. Below this is a depressed pointed arch supported by ringed granite shafts, showcasing rich cusping on the intrados and large leaf crockets on the ogee extrados. Inside the arch, full-size statues of angels stand on pedestals, flanking a smaller three-centred doorway that features vine-scroll carving and a bronze door with floral openwork designs.

The side elevations each have three blind cusped Gothic arches set on granite shafts. The rear elevation is marked by a large blind ogee arch that encloses a small rose window with four quatrefoil lights. Inside, the walls are decorated with blind Gothic arches that spring from granite corner shafts. Wall plaques commemorate Carre Rule McDonald (1854-1900), her husband James McDonald (1843-1915), and James Georger Briggs (1879-1909), her son from a previous marriage. The stained glass in the rose window depicts palms, lilies, and crowns, while a miniature altar below features corner shafts and a carved reredos.