West Norwood Memorial Park Mausoleum Of Sir Henry Doulton

The West Norwood Memorial Park Mausoleum of Sir Henry Doulton is a mausoleum, likely built around 1888 by R. Stark Wilkinson, who designed Doulton Pottery on the Albert Embankment, for Doulton's wife. It is constructed of small red bricks with red terracotta quoins, dressings, and roof tiles, featuring a rectangular plan. The mausoleum showcases a "Tudor" style terracotta entrance adorned with corbels of angels holding shields at the label stops, with relief angles in the spandrels. Above the entrance is a gable with a relief panel depicting angels, possibly created by George Tinworth, the chief sculptor for Doulton. The entrance is flanked by inset inscribed panels and has a continuous terracotta band at floor level, which also serves as the impost level, rising on three sides to form labels above three-light windows with cusped heads. The eaves cornice is crenellated with an enriched frieze, and the steeply pitched hipped roof is covered with terracotta tiles and topped with a cross finial. Inside, the mausoleum features a terracotta rib vault with bright mosaic panels representing a blue heaven and stars. It originally housed two Doulton vases, which are now missing. Sir Henry Doulton was known for inventing the weather-resisting type of terracotta used in this structure, known as Doultonware.