Approximate Location Map
Large Map »
Latitude: 51.5686 / 51°34'7"N
Longitude: -0.1497 / 0°8'59"W
OS Eastings: 528334
OS Northings: 187151
OS Grid: TQ283871
Mapcode National: GBR DT.WF9
Mapcode Global: VHGQL.CT6V
Plus Code: 9C3XHV92+F4
Entry Name: Mausoleum of Julius Beer in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
Listing Date: 14 May 1974
Last Amended: 11 January 1999
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1378887
English Heritage Legacy ID: 478248
ID on this website: 101378887
Location: Highgate Cemetery, Parliament Hill, Camden, London, N6
County: London
District: Camden
Electoral Ward/Division: Highgate
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Camden
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Michael Highgate
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Mausoleum
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 11 October 2023 to amend the description, add sources and to reformat the text to current standards
TQ2887SW
798-1/5/1557
SWAIN'S LANE (West side), CAMDEN
Mausoleum of Julius Beer in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
(Formerly Listed as: HIGHGATE (WESTERN) CEMETERY Mausoleum to Julius Beer)
14/05/74
GV II*
Mausoleum situated above the Columbarium (qv). c1878. To the designs of William
Oscar Wilford Bouwens van der Boijen, and executed by John Oldrid Scott, based on
the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Stone. Square plan. Channelled clasping pilasters support similarly rusticated
Diocletian windows with continuous hoodmoulds and antefixae, from behind which rises
a pyramidal roof, carved to appear as tiled, with oculi and cross finial. Panels beneath
windows have Ionic pilasters. Architraved doorway with cornice and inscription
"Mausoleum of Julius Beer" in panel below; bronze doors by Farmer & Brindley.
INTERIOR: in Quattrocento style with marble carving by HH Armstead. 2 sarcophagi;
Beer's opposite entrance, with swagged frieze, standing in front of a round-arched high
relief panel depicting an angel raising a winged child. The whole framed by paired
Corinthian columns, on pedestals, with enriched dentil entablature. Lit by patterned
stained glass windows.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Julius Beer made his fortune from the Stock Exchange and
owned The Observer newspaper. He died in 1880 but had bought the plot and
commissioned the architect in 1876.
Listing NGR: TQ2833487151
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
