Survey Data
Reg No
21522007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Mausoleum
In Use As
Mausoleum
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
158825, 156105
Date Recorded
25/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached limestone ashlar rectangular-plan Gothic Revival mausoleum, erected c. 1870, to form a miniature chapel-like structure. Now roofless. Gabled north and south elevations with angle buttressing and limestone gable parapets surmounted to north by a wrought-iron cruciform finial. Pointed arch door opening to north elevation with profiled canted reveals, and stopped hood mould above, with limestone tympanum punctured by cusped triangular opening, above square-headed door opening which has concave lintel corners. Pointed arch arcaded side elevations with stepped reveals and flush canted sills, beneath corbelled eaves course. Remains of pointed arch opening to south gabled elevation, with only trefoil tracery detail to apex of opening surviving mindless vandalism. Lime plastered internal walls with blind pointed arch arcaded sides. Brick construction revealed internally.
Appraisal
This Gothic Revival mausoleum is plainly conceived, though presented as a chapel in miniature form. Despite its poor condition it contributes significantly to the historic funerary monuments within the cemetery. It is yet another worthy candidate for careful restoration. No visible evidence of whom it is dedicated to was evident.