Allen Memorial in Southampton Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Southampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 2008. Mausoleum.
Allen Memorial in Southampton Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- watchful-granite-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southampton
- Constituency
- Southampton Test MP: Satvir Kaur (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 2008
- Type
- Mausoleum
- Address
- Allen Memorial in Southampton Cemetery, Hill Lane, City of Southampton
- OS grid reference
- SU 413 135
- Coordinates
- 50.91998, -1.41319
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Allen Memorial in Southampton Cemetery
This neo-classical mausoleum dates to about 1900 and stands in Southampton Cemetery near Hill Lane. It is built of Portland stone ashlar blocks.
The mausoleum features a pedimented front in antis, with a Cross of St John carved in the tympanum. Below this runs a plain cornice and an inscribed frieze supported by two Ionic columns set on raised bases. The doorway is round-arched and contains a carved head, now heavily weathered so that its features are no longer discernible. On either side of the head are spandrels depicting two angels, one holding a trumpet and the other displaying the crown of life. The door itself consists of crude wooden planks. The rear (south) side of the mausoleum has a blind round-arched window with a window ledge below it. Along the lower edge of the east and west sides runs a band of decorative alternate crosses and fleur-de-lis.
The frieze carries a biblical quotation: "The Resurrection and the Life", referring to Jesus. The mausoleum bears several plaques on its sides. On the west side are two plaques, one inscribed to the memory of Araline Emma Allen and one blank. On the east side are two inscribed plaques, one to Araline Nicholas and the other to William Richard Nicholas. The lettering on both the frieze and plaques is of good quality.
Nothing is known of the Allen family's history, nor has the mausoleum's designer been identified. The memorial lies close to the Grade II Pearce Memorial in the south-west section of the cemetery.
Local climate
Allen Memorial in Southampton Cemetery receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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