‘Abdelhamid Sherif Bey

Description (The direction towards Mecca (Qibla) is described as eastern and other directions are named accordingly)

A sizeable irregular quadrangular enclosure measuring approximately 24×30 metres, with streets to the northern, western and southern sides and a narrow alley along the eastern wall leading to an adjoining enclosure. The corners, entrances, and the cornice of the enclosure are built of dressed stone, and the rest of the walls are of rough stone and plastered. There is a residential wing along the northern wall and the northern part of the western wall, and a burial chamber in the south-eastern corner of the courtyard. The entrance in the middle of the northern façade leads to a gateway opening on the courtyard with an arched opening. On its both sides are residential units. The Northern portal is a simple rusticate Classical-style gate topped with rounded arch and flanked by pilasters. However, the capitals of the pillars under the arch and the frieze above are of muqarnases. The door leaves are of simple wrought iron grilles of Art Nouveau motifs. A simple rectangular door placed in flat undecorated projection of the wall leads to the courtyard from the alley by the eastern wall. Another gate to the courtyard is placed in the middle of the western façade. It is also placed in a shallow projection in the wall, and is covered with a flat arch of joggled stone voussoirs. There are trees, including palm trees, planted in the courtyard, but not any formal garden layout. The north-western corner of the enclosure is rounded, and pierced with a large sabil window (now crudely walled up) topped with a semi-circular arch, with the opening surrounded with an angular knotted moulding.
The burial chamber in the SE corner of the enclosure is built of rough stone and plastered. It has a strictly symmetrical tripartite northern façade, with a tall rectangular door placed in a flat projection in the wall, and a plain rectangular window on each side. Above is a second row of three identical sets of twin windows topped with semi-circular arches, separated, and flanked by colonnettes. There are remnants of coloured glazing in the windows. The façade is topped with a Classical denticulate cornice, above which are fleur-de-lys crenellations of stone. Inside the single-space chamber are two richly carved marble cenotaphs. All ground floor windows are fitted with simple louvre shutters.
The whole southern wall of the enclosure and the whole western wall except the gate in the centre and the rounded northern corner are obscured by later additions.