The Mausoleum is a Grade I listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1954. A C18 Mausoleum, church.
The Mausoleum
- WRENN ID
- low-fireplace-smoke
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1954
- Type
- Mausoleum, church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SU 8294 10/2
WEST WYCOMBE The Mausoleum
9.1.54.
GV I 1763-4, designed by John Bastard the Younger of Blandford. Hexagonal tall flint rubble wall ashlar dressed with entablature and panelled parapet surmounted by stone urns grouped in threes at angles. Exterior has attached stucco Roman Doric columns under entablature with triglyphs, guttae and urn reliefs to frieze, modillioned cornice.
Interior, unroofed, has wall monuments, one with figure sculpture early C18, and central 1769 monument of urn on pedestal under Roman Ionic stone canopy. Arches, bricks and rectangular openings to walls. Wall inscriptions to Sir Francis Dashwood, Lord Le Despencer, and friends.
Church of Saint Lawrence and the Mausoleum form a group.
Listing NGR: SU8278894917
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