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Latitude: 51.2621 / 51°15'43"N
Longitude: -2.1717 / 2°10'18"W
OS Eastings: 388113
OS Northings: 151448
OS Grid: ST881514
Mapcode National: GBR 1TF.XCT
Mapcode Global: VH979.9JRV
Plus Code: 9C3V7R6H+R8
Entry Name: Phipps Mausoleum in Westbury Cemetery
Listing Date: 31 March 1978
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1364424
English Heritage Legacy ID: 313074
ID on this website: 101364424
Location: Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Westbury
Built-Up Area: Westbury
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Westbury
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Architectural structure
WESTBURY BRATTON ROAD
1.
5411
(South Side)
Phipps Mausoleum in
Westbury Cemetery
ST 85 SE 1/122
II*
2.
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
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