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
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1952
- Type
- Mausoleum
- Address
- The Mausoleum, Blickling Park
- OS grid reference
- TG 166 294
- Coordinates
- 52.81918, 1.21341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mausoleum is a Grade II* listed structure built in 1793, designed by architect Joseph Bonomi. It features a pyramid shape made of limestone ashlar blocks set on a square base, surrounded by later iron perimeter railings. The east side has a central doorway with a two-leaf panelled door, framed by a stone architrave and entablature, which is topped with a heraldic achievement. The entablature displays the motto "AVCTOR PRETIOSA FACET." The north and south sides each have a central square opening with moulded stone architraves. On the west side, there is a square memorial panel with an architrave and entablature, topped by a bull. This tablet commemorates John Hobart, Earl of Buckingham, who died in 1793, and notes that the mausoleum was erected by his widow and William Asheton Harbord. Inside, the mausoleum features a domed vault with a dentilled cornice and eight arched recesses, five of which are blind and house tombs and wall monuments.
Local climate
The Mausoleum receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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.
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