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Latitude: 51.4682 / 51°28'5"N
Longitude: -0.2614 / 0°15'41"W
OS Eastings: 520860
OS Northings: 175793
OS Grid: TQ208757
Mapcode National: GBR 8V.BR7
Mapcode Global: VHGR3.FC5B
Plus Code: 9C3XFP9Q+7C
Entry Name: Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burton, Churchyard of St Mary Magdalen
Listing Date: 30 October 1973
Last Amended: 7 October 2004
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1065392
English Heritage Legacy ID: 205570
ID on this website: 101065392
Location: St Mary Magdalen's Roman Catholic Church, Mortlake, Richmond upon Thames, London, SW14
County: London
District: Richmond upon Thames
Electoral Ward/Division: Mortlake and Barnes Common
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Richmond upon Thames
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Mortlake with East Sheen
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Mausoleum
22/13/4 NORTH WORPLE WAY
30-OCT-73 Mortlake
Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burt
on, churchyard of the Roman Catholic S
t Mary Magdalen
(Formerly listed as:
NORTH WORPLE WAY
Mortlake
Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burt
on, churchyard of St Mary Magdalen)
(Formerly listed as:
NORTH WORPLE WAY SW14
Mortlake
Mausoleum of Sir Richard Burton in the
churchyard of Church of St Mary Magda
len)
II*
Mausoleum. c1890. Mausoleum in the shape of a Bedouin tent made of Carrara marble
and Forest of Dean stone, 12 feet square and 18 feet high.The roof has a gilt tailed 9 point star, the pelmet was enriched with stars and crescents, and the rear originally had a stained glass panel showing the Burton monogram, now replaced in clear glass. Entrance, now blocked, has a crucifix above. Door has inscription "To Sir Richard Francis Burton 1821-1890 and Isabel d.1896". Beneath is a poem by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Interior, visible through rear glass panel contains above ground ornate tapering coffin with extensive gilt enrichment for Sir Richard Burton, with crucifix and camel bells. There is a more conventional mahogany coffin for Lady Burton. Painted roof representing the heavens with stars and seraphim and strings of camel bells. Shrine to rear wall and religious paintings of Christ with Magdalene and Crucifixion to sides and Arabic lamps on floor. This burial was a response to Sir Richard Burton's horror of darkness. An extra ordinary mixture of chapelle ardente and Bedouin tent.
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