Lytton Mausoleum

The Lytton Mausoleum is a family mausoleum in Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, England. It was commissioned by Elizabeth Barbara Lytton and built in 1817.

The mausoleum in 2007
General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical
CountryEngland
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameLytton Mausoleum in Knebworth Park, including railings
Designated1968
Reference no.1174579[1]
ClientElizabeth Bulwer-Lytton
Technical details
Structural systemstone
Design and construction
ArchitectJohn Buonarotti Papworth

The mausoleum is set in parkland at a distance from the Church of St Mary and St Thomas, a Grade I listed building which houses earlier monuments to the Lytton family.

Inside are a number of coffins.[2] Among the members of the family buried in the mausoleum is Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton (1869-1923). She joined the suffragette movement,[3] and, as her epitaph states “sacrificed her health and talents in helping to bring victory to this cause”.[4]

Architecture and conservation

The architect of the octagonal, stone building was John Buonarotti Papworth. His design is neoclassical. The roof supports a sarcophagus with shell acroteria.[1] [5]

The building and the railings which enclose it were Grade II listed in the 1968.[1]

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References
  1. "Lytton Mausoleum in Knebworth Park, including railings". Historic England.
  2. "Tragic story of Victorian novelist's distraught daughter". Telegraph. March 2017.
  3. "An aristocratic freedom fighter". Hertfordshire Life (www.hertfordshirelife.co.uk). November 2014. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  4. "Lytton Mausoleum". Mausolea and Monuments Trust.
  5. "Design for a sarcophagus". Retrieved 2019-03-14.


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