{"product_id":"hexagonal-marble-mausoleum-with-angel-450cm","title":"Hexagonal Marble Mausoleum With Angel - 450cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix fluted columns stand on a hexagonal floor carrying an entablature and a low roof, with balustraded infill closing the outer bays. A standing angel holding lilies rises from an inscribed plinth at the centre, and the whole structure is open to the air between the columns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSix Fluted Columns Under a Low Roof\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA colonnade is an assembly, and the roof is what governs it. Every column has to finish at the same height to within a hair, because the entablature above bridges all six and a single short shaft leaves the whole roof rocking. The columns are therefore turned as a set and measured against one another rather than against a drawing. Being open between the columns, the structure is far lighter than its footprint suggests. The marble is a warm cream with white through the carved detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mausoleum needs a family plot large enough to walk around and a setting-out drawing before anything is bedded, so it belongs on a cemetery avenue, in an established churchyard or a private walled enclosure. It is entered rather than looked at, so leave a clear approach on at least one face. The entire footprint has to be prepared as one, and every burial ground has its own consent process for a structure of this size.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSetting Out a Mausoleum on a Family Plot\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-two weeks, the longest in the whole range, and it arrives as a kit of parts. The floor and the six column bases are set first, the columns turned as a matched set, then the entablature, the roof, the balustrades and the angel last. The central plinth reaches you uncarved and takes a family name and dates in the lettering you choose, or stays plain for your own mason. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops. Close to 29 tonnes across many pieces, all craned onto a prepared concrete foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther memorial structures appear in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/headstones-memorials\"\u003eheadstones and memorials\u003c\/a\u003e, with the stone under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/marble-headstones\"\u003emarble headstones\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e450cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53830814728539,"sku":"MST-MEM-028","price":145919.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-MEM-028_1.jpg?v=1787139001","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/hexagonal-marble-mausoleum-with-angel-450cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}