Lyne-Stephens mausoleum
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Lyne-Stephens mausoleum
Image: © Mark Percy Taken: 30 Apr 2014
Mausoleum in the grounds of Grove House, Roehampton University. Built by William Burn, the mausoleum was commissioned by Yolande Lyne-Stephens on the death of her husband, Stephens Lyne-Stephens, a Conservative politician. By July 1861 she had applied for permission to enclose 1/2 an acre of land adjoining the cemetery on Barnes Common for her husband's remains. The application said she wanted her husband’s remains 'in some place near her own residence and to erect a tomb of some importance to his memory'. The mausoleum, next to the then parish church of Roehampton and now in the grounds of Roehampton University at Grove House, was consecrated in 1864 by Bishop Tait. In 1894 Mrs Lyne-Stephens was buried here too, beside her husband, in a white sarcophagus, decorated with the Lyne-Stephens coat of arms. The site is not open to the public, except on occasional Open House weekends.
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Image Location
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51.45508
Longitude
-0.243993