Phipps Mausoleum In Westbury Cemetery

WESTBURY BRATTON ROAD 1. 5411 (South Side) Phipps Mausoleum in Westbury Cemetery ST 85 SE 1/122

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1. Circa 1871 [when John Lewis Phipps buried there. On the 1886 OS map]. The largest and most impressive of the structures in the cemetery. Ashlar. Square base becoming octagonal for main chamber and above. Blind tracery parapet. Short steeple with 8 gabled lantern capped by spirelet. Griffin-type gargoyles below parapet. 8 windows, with blind crocketted canopies carried on angle stops having blind traceried oculus in each with shield. 4 main windows contain 2 lights with 3 foiled over lights and blind panel below with shields. The other 4 windows are blind with similar tracery cut short by spurs from square base, the shields in blind window area. Chevron imbricated plinth. The basement is reached by steps. Large pointed entrance with moulded orders and carved head stops, pink granite nook shafts. Blind oculus in tympanum with quatrefoil containing heraldic shield. Double doors with heavy wrought iron work. 2 blind arcades to right in area before entrance. A further door to left and an archway to stairs. Enclosed by large pierced stone balustrade of oculi containing quatrefoils. Piers with stunted heads occur every 2 quatrefoils. The balustrade is to North and South of mausoleum and has extension to East on 3 sides to enclose entrance.

Listing NGR: ST8811351448