The Mausoleum is a Grade II* listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1952. Mausoleum.
The Mausoleum
- WRENN ID
- muffled-eave-weasel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1952
- Type
- Mausoleum
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TG 12 NE BLICKLING BLICKLING PARK
4/16 The Mausoleum 19-1-52
- II*
Mausoleum. Built 1793 to a design by Joseph Bonomi, architect. Pyramid of limestone ashlar blocks on square base with later iron perimeter railings. East side has central doorway with 2-leaf panelled door, stone architrave and entablature surmounted by heraldic achievement. In the entablature, the motto AVCTOR PRETIOSA FACET. North and south sides have central square openings with moulded stone architraves. To the west, a square memorial panel with architrave and entablature surmounted by a bull. The tablet records that the mausoleum was erected to the memory of John Hobart, Earl of Buckingham (d.1793) by his widow and William Asheton Harbord. Interior: has domed vault with dentilled cornice; eight arched recesses, five of which are blind and contain tombs and wall monuments.
Listing NGR: TG1662529463
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