Survey Data
Reg No
22311004
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Mausoleum
In Use As
Mausoleum
Date
1760 - 1770
Coordinates
172276, 162407
Date Recorded
13/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cuboidal limestone mausoleum, built c.1830, and standing in graveyard of now demolished church. Rubble limestone walls with cut stone coping, dressed stone quoins and with pilasters to front with egg-shaped finials. Square-headed entrance with keystone and with carved stone coat of arms and inscribed plaque, now illegible. Inscribed stone tablet to rear, also illegible. Enclosed by rubble limestone walls and containing stone and cast-iron tombs and memorials.
Appraisal
This finely-constructed mausoleum is enhanced by the dressed pilasters with their egg-shaped finials. The carved stone coat of arms clearly indicates the family whose departed members are housed in the tomb. The graveyard of the demolished Saint John's Church contains many fine nineteenth and twentieth-century memorials, including memorials from the former church now set within the enclosing wall. The mature yew trees, symmetrically positioned within the graveyard, and the alignment of the graveyard with the Church of the Holy Redeemer opposite, add interest to the streetscape.