Survey Data
Reg No
21305305
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Mausoleum
In Use As
Mausoleum
Date
1855 - 1865
Coordinates
42099, 99077
Date Recorded
05/11/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-bay single-storey gable-fronted Gothic Revival style mausoleum, built c. 1860, with three-bay side elevations having recessed limestone panels. Pitched screeded finish having imitation tile profiles to roof with ashlar ridge stones, and gable parapets having red sandstone ashlar springers, copings and finials. Random squared red sandstone walls with projecting plinth, coved eaves band and white marble plaque above entrance inscribed "Ventry". Circular limestone niches with quatrefoils. Central circle pierced by triangle. Pointed arch to doorway with stepped limestone reveal and chamfer stops approached by limestone steps. Lead sheeted door with bronze studs and handle. Lancet with cinqfoil to west gable. Graveyard to site with various cut-stone grave markers, c. 1800-c.1950.