Mausoleum of Harvey Lewis, 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 Harvey Lewis, Brompton Cemetery

WRENN ID
night-iron-frost
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 Harvey Lewis, Brompton Cemetery, Old Brompton Road, London, Sw10
OS grid reference
TQ 256 779
Coordinates
51.48669, -0.19214
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Mausoleum of Harvey Lewis, located in Brompton Cemetery, is a Grade II listed structure made of Portland stone with a cast-iron door. This square neo-classical mausoleum features a moulded plinth. The iron door on the south side has three deeply recessed panels, with the central panel displaying a shield embossed with the name 'Harvey Lewis'. The top ventilation panel is adorned with decorative openwork scrolls. Slim panels on either side of the door are mirrored on the other three sides, flanking large central panels. Each of the four sides has a pediment, and above the door, the tympanum displays the arms of Harvey Lewis, featuring an escutcheon with a lion passant on a chevron between three spearheads. This is topped with an ostrich-feather crest, and below it is the Welsh motto 'Bidd Lu Heb Lydd', meaning 'Unity and Strength'. The mausoleum is surrounded by railings, with posts that include neo-classical panels and pediments.

Local climate

Mausoleum of Harvey Lewis, 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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