WERNHER MAUSOLEUM TO NORTH OF GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST CHARALAMBOS

WERNHER MAUSOLEUM, GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST CHARALAMBOS, LOWER HARPENDEN ROAD, EAST HYDE, LU2 9QS

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1245119
Date first listed:: 01-Aug-1997
List Entry Name:: WERNHER MAUSOLEUM TO NORTH OF GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST CHARALAMBOS
Statutory Address:: WERNHER MAUSOLEUM, GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST CHARALAMBOS, LOWER HARPENDEN ROAD, EAST HYDE, LU2 9QS

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1245119
Date first listed:: 01-Aug-1997
List Entry Name:: WERNHER MAUSOLEUM TO NORTH OF GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST CHARALAMBOS
Statutory Address 1:: WERNHER MAUSOLEUM, GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST CHARALAMBOS, LOWER HARPENDEN ROAD, EAST HYDE, LU2 9QS

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: WERNHER MAUSOLEUM, GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ST CHARALAMBOS, LOWER HARPENDEN ROAD, EAST HYDE, LU2 9QS

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Hyde
National Grid Reference:: TL1280517430

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21/11/2017

TL11NW 967/44/10030

HYDE EAST HYDE LOWER HARPENDEN ROAD (north, off) Wernher Mausoleum to north of Greek Orthodox Churchof St Charalambos

(Formerly listed as Wernher Mausoleum to north of Holy Trinity Church)

II

Mausoleum. c1912. Erected by the Wernher family of Luton Hoo to commemorate Sir Julius Wernher (d. 21/5/1912).

Rectangular monument of ashlar limestone, built in the form of a chantry chapel in the Decorated Gothic style, and containing a sarcophagus bound with metal straps. Each side is comprised of three steeply-pitched gabled panels, with crockets and finials, framing cusped openings sealed by iron grilles. At the corners are canopied niches containing statuary. The principal inscription at the south end reads 'To the dear and revered memory of Sir Julius Wernher, Baronet, born April 9th, 1850, died May 21st 1912. The family vault of Sir Julius Wernher, Bart.' There are short inscriptions to other family members.

Listing NGR: TL1280517430

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Legacy System number:: 468809
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.