Tomb of Benjamin Golding, Brompton Cemetery

MATERIALS: Portland stone

A small rectangular mausoleum in a Neoclassical/Early Christian style, facing the central avenue near the northern entrance to the cemetery. The main doorway has a raised surround bearing two carved rosettes, and contains a heavy iron door with rosette and scrollwork ornament. Above is a fielded inscription panel reading: 'Family Tomb of Benjamin Golding M.D.' The sides and rear display a series of tall shallow round-headed panels, each carved with a Maltese cross and a row of dentils, below which are inscriptions commemorating various members of the Golding family; Benjamin Golding's names him as 'the founder of the Charing Cross Hospital, London'. Above these is a frieze of square panels pierced with a design of two superimposed crosses. The two pediments each contain a simple design of a Calvary cross. The ridged roof is of stone.