Mausoleum of Colonel William Meyrick, Brompton Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 2011. Mausoleum.

Mausoleum of Colonel William Meyrick, Brompton Cemetery

WRENN ID
old-casement-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 2011
Type
Mausoleum
Address
Mausoleum of Colonel William Meyrick, Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London
OS grid reference
TQ 255 779
Coordinates
51.48639, -0.19264
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Mausoleum of Colonel William Meyrick, located in Brompton Cemetery, is a large Neo-classical structure made of Portland stone. It has a rectangular shape with fielded panels on the sides and rear, and features pedimented ends. The mausoleum is topped with a ridged stone roof adorned with large honeysuckle acroteria. The entrance is marked by a heavy cast iron door, stained to resemble bronze, which has four panels with openwork and relief ornament. In front of the pediment, there is a bronze armorial plaque. The mausoleum is enclosed by iron railings designed in a Classical style.

Local climate

Mausoleum of Colonel William Meyrick, Brompton Cemetery 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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