Stearns Mausoleum, Nunhead Cemetery

The Stearns Mausoleum, located in Nunhead Cemetery, is a Grade II listed structure built around 1900 in memory of Laura Stearns, who died in the same year. The mausoleum is constructed from Doulton's terracotta and features a Romanesque arched doorway beneath a crowstep gable. The side walls are adorned with an arcade of three Romanesque openings, topped by an embattled parapet that has arched openings supported by squat colonnettes, with projecting water spouts below. The lower parts of the walls are battered outwards. Inside, there were shelves for coffins, which have since been removed. Historically, Mrs. Laura Stearns was from Twickenham and her remains were later buried elsewhere in the cemetery in 1931. This mausoleum is notable for being the only one in Nunhead Cemetery.