Jimenez Mausoleum

An extraordinarily tall Gothic mausoleum, the proportions suggest two storeys when there is in fact only one. Built in Portland stone with much ornamental carving and an iron door,

Architect

James Glynn (Monumental Mason to the Catholic Cemetery)

Style

Gothic Revival

Listing

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Year built

1875

History

This is the family vault of Alonzo Jimenez, Marquis de la Granja de San Saturnino (1809-1893). A Jimenez and Sons were merchants with a warehouse in Fenchurch Street. The last interment took place in 1992.

Condition

Fair, stonework of gable badly weathered (May 2002).

Sources

Cemetery Register;

NPC 1893;

Kelly’s Directory (1880).

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