Classical stone mausoleum designed by Craig Hamilton Architects within a historic cemetery landscape, featuring monumental entrance columns and traditional funerary architecture.

A NEW SEPULCHRE

PROJECT OVERVIEW

A new mausoleum at Highgate West Cemetery; the first to be built there for more than a hundred years. The exterior is presented as a formal, abstract ‘temple’ in the elemental mode. It is built entirely of Indiana limestone including a structural stone roof. The barrel-vaulted jewel-like interior uses polished red limestone and white statuary marble, inlaid with decorative motifs, and houses a marble statue of an angel by Classical sculptor Alexander Stoddart. It is entered through a pair of monumental bronze doors, and lit from either end by semicircular bronze windows.  

Interior of a classical mausoleum featuring a marble angel sculpture beneath a coffered stone vault and traditional funerary detailing.
Hand-carved stone frieze featuring vine, grape and wheat motifs within a classical mausoleum, demonstrating traditional stonemasonry craftsmanship.

GALLERY

  • Monumental entrance to a classical stone mausoleum featuring bronze doors and carved architectural detailing.
  • Detail of bronze mausoleum doors with sculpted botanical ornament and finely carved stone surrounds.
  • Three-quarter view of a classical stone mausoleum showing its monumental form, arched side openings and traditional craftsmanship.
  • Close view of the mausoleum entrance with bronze doors, carved stonework and classical architectural proportions.
  • Interior mausoleum chamber with a coffered stone vault, memorial sculpture and finely crafted funerary architecture.
  • Architectural rendering of the New Sepulchre mausoleum showing the proposed classical stone design and bronze entrance doors.
  • Bronze angel memorial sculpture set within a carved stone niche inside the mausoleum.
  • View through the bronze entrance doors into the mausoleum chamber with a coffered stone vault and central memorial sculpture.
  • Classical angel sculpture within the mausoleum interior beneath an arched clerestory window and coffered vault.
  • Bronze memorial figure displayed within a stone niche, reflecting the craftsmanship and symbolism of the mausoleum interior.

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