A substantial Gothic Revival mausoleum built of limestone ashlar with clasping buttresses at the corners crowned with statues of the Evangelists. The gable over the entrance contains a relief of Christ rising from the tomb, and the windows are filled with stained glass. The interior is adorned with much carved stonework and also has a fine mosaic floor. Three massive stone sarcophagi hold the remains of Lord Glenesk, his wife, and their son, Oliver (d.1905).
Arthur Blomfield
Gothic Revival
Grade II (England and Wales)
1899
Algernon Borthwick, 1st and last Baron Glenesk (1830-1908) was the proprietor of the Morning Post and a Conservative MP. The mausoleum was built following the death of his wife, Alice, in 1898.
Poor - signfiicant vegetation to roof to include trees - this structure is at risk (2019).
BoE: London 4 (1998) 122;
J S Curl, The Victorian Celebration of Death (2000), 151.
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St Marylebone Cemetery
East End Road
London
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