Survey Data
Reg No
40307032
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Mausoleum
In Use As
Mausoleum
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
236312, 316803
Date Recorded
19/06/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding rectangular-plan mausoleum in Graeco-Egyptian style, built c.1850. Shallow stone roof, now overgrown, behind ashlar pediment having sculpted wreath and trailing ribbons, integrated carved acroterion having blank panels to sides. Square-profile stepped cornice course beneath pediment on battered pilasters on bases with stepped recessed panels. Ashlar wall between with central door opening in plain battered eared architrave. Name plaque above door replaced with concrete incised with the family name 'KNIPE'. Cast-iron four-panelled door with fixed knob. Stone steps to front. Stepped cornice course and stone pilasters return on side elevations with same recessed panels, rendered rubble stone sides with earth embankments against walls. Rear wall with yellow brick projecting piers and rendered finish. Set in Church of Ireland graveyard
Appraisal
A distinctive mausoleum with a strong architectural form executed in a reduced Graeco-Egyptian style, that was popular in the mid nineteenth century for cemetery sites because of its funerary associations. The mausoleum was the burial place of the Knipe family of Erne Hill House, east of Belturbet, a prominent member being George Marshall Knipe who served as High Sheriff of Co Cavan in 1831 and died in 1859. The original name plaque has been regrettably lost. The tomb adds to the eclectic and rich architectural setting of the Church of Ireland church.