Description

SU 7878
16/3

WARGRAVE
STATION ROAD
(north side)
Mausoleum, 22 metres south west of Church of St. Mary

G.V.
II*

Mausoleum of the Hannen family. 1906-7 by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Red brick with
courses of red tiles, stone details, stepped tile roof. Square plan. Single
storey. Entrance front: has doorway flanked by peacocks carved in stone and
pierced iron door, carved swag above. Interior: domed ceiling lined with
ceramic slip tiles over 4 small brick barrel vaults, below these a semi-circular
colonnade of 6 columns with moulded heads and bases, moulded frieze with the
inscription "He Is Not The God Of The Dead But Of The Living For All Live
Unto Him" Attached on the south side is a large former gardeners shed of red
brick with hipped tile roof and mullion windows, converted to Parish rooms in
1974 by Anthony Hickman and which won a commendation in the Civic Trust Awards
scheme in 1978. B.O.E. (Berkshire) p.257.

Listing NGR: SU7829878440

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Hannen Columbarium at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17547377

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