Thornton Mausoleum South of Parish Church of St Edmund or St James is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Mausoleum. 1 related planning application.
Thornton Mausoleum South of Parish Church of St Edmund or St James
- WRENN ID
- little-roof-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1985
- Type
- Mausoleum
- Address
- Thornton Mausoleum South of Parish Church of St Edmund or St James, Park Lane, Blunham
- OS grid reference
- TL 153 510
- Coordinates
- 52.14612, -0.31602
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thornton Mausoleum, located south of the Parish Church of St Edmund or St James, was built between 1805 and 1806 by Stephen Thornton in memory of his father, Godfrey Thornton, who died in 1805. This small, low building has a square plan and is constructed of brick with a colourwashed rendered exterior, topped by a hipped slate roof.
On the south elevation, there is a four-centred arch entrance featuring a moulded dripstone with lion head stops. Above the entrance, a circular plaque displays a moulded design of the Thornton arms. The other elevations each have a small circular window with deep cut mouldings and various tracery designs.
Local climate
Thornton Mausoleum South of Parish Church of St Edmund or St James sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Francis Thornton Monument, in the Churchyard C20m North-West of the West Wall of the Church of Saint Nicholas
- 2 Thorpe Memorial, About 1 Metres East of North East Path at 9 Metres from Path Crossing in Churchyard of Church of St Mary
- 3 Church of St Peter and St Paul
- 4 Lodge, Gate Piers, Railings and Wall at Entrance to Thornton Estate
- 5 Thornton Hall
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings