Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burton

The Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burton is a Grade II* listed[1] tent-shaped mausoleum of Carrara marble and Forest of Dean stone in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church Mortlake in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

[2] The coffins of Sir Richard and Lady Burton can be seen through a glass panel[1] at the rear of the tent, which can be accessed via a short fixed ladder.

The inscription includes a commemorative sonnet by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859–1936), who lived in Putney.

Next to the lady chapel in the church there is a memorial stained-glass window to Burton, erected by his widow.

[6] Burtons' mausoleum is carved from sandstone in the shape of the tent that the couple used for expeditions into the Syrian desert.

Close-up of inscription on the mausoleum