The HeritageFamily Columbarium
Today more people are choosing to be cremated instead of having traditional burials. Because of this, columbaria are becoming more popular. A family columbarium is the perfect choice for people who want a columbarium that’s more private and personalized. At Sunset, we have beautiful designs you can choose from and you can add features to make your family columbarium special and unique.
What is a Family Columbarium?
- A columbarium is an above ground, outdoor structure with small niches that hold cremated remains.
- A family columbarium is a columbarium that’s created for a family (or families) so their cremated remains are kept all together in one structure.
Does Sunset have Different Types of Family Columbaria?
- Sunset has many different family columbarium designs. Get in touch with us to find out more.
The Heritage
The Heritage
Read MoreHeritage Pedestal
Heritage Pedestal
Read MoreThe Heritage Pagoda
The Heritage Pagoda
Read MoreThe Heritage
Our most popular design is the Heritage model. This model is based on an iconic, traditional monument design, which we’ve made into a modern, smaller version of a family columbarium. Our Heritage models can be customized and they fit well along cemetery pathways, in cemetery nature gardens, or on family plots.
These family columbarium units come with a grey granite exterior. You can choose another colour of granite for the doors and back wall or you can choose to have the whole unit in grey granite.
Standard features for all of Sunset’s family columbaria include a:
- 100% granite exterior
- lifetime warranty on the granite
- key-locked interior aluminum door, which is secure and easy for cemetery staff to use
Our designs are very flexible and can be made to suit whatever a family needs. Our family columbaria can be for single-family use or we can add internal divider walls so the unit can be used as a small community columbarium for more than one family.
This family unit comes standard with two oversized niches which are bottom niche, 24” wide, 12” high and 15” deep; top niche, 24” wide 18” high and 15” deep, suitable for 8 or more urns.
- These oversized niches can be reconfigured with divider walls to make 4 individual niches.
- Highlights of the Heritage unit are a polished granite interior niche with powder coated aluminum shelf; polished granite roof with central peak and ogee edge detail; granite base with a polished top and edge detail and polished granite side walls.
- The granite doors and back wall are available in a number of granite colours, suitable for engraving or bronze memorialization.
- Each family columbaria arrives fully assembled and ready for use
Heritage Pedestal
- This family unit has two niches, both of which are 12” wide, 12” high and 15” deep, suitable for 4 urns total.
- Highlights of the Pedestal unit are a polished granite interior niche with powder coated aluminum shelf; polished granite roof with central peak and ogee edge detail; granite base with a polished top and edge detail and polished granite side walls.
- The granite doors and back wall are available in a number of granite colours, suitable for engraving or bronze memorialization.
- Each family columbaria arrives fully assembled and ready for use.
Heritage Pagoda
- This family unit comes standard with two oversized niches which are – bottom niche, 24” wide, 12” high and 15” deep; top niche, 24” wide 18” high and 15” deep, suitable for 8 or more urns.
- These oversized niches can be reconfigured with divider walls to make 4 individual niches.
- Highlights of the Heritage Pagoda unit are a polished granite interior niche with powder coated aluminum shelf; polished granite pagoda style roof with fluted top to a flat top and granite ball centered with a ogee edge detail; granite base with a polished top and edge detail; polished granite side walls.
- The granite doors and back wall are available in a number of granite colours, suitable for engraving or bronze memorialization.
- Each family columbaria arrives fully assembled and ready for use.
What if I Want Other Features Added to My Family Columbarium?
Custom features can be added to suit your family’s tastes, customs, and spiritual practices and beliefs. We can also add artistic detail by doing personalized engraving and inscriptions to the roof pediment, sidewalls, and doors. Sunset will make sure all of your choices follow the standards for the cemetery where your family columbarium will be located.
For more information or to answer any questions you have, contact our sales team.