Mausoleum Approximately 10 Metres North West of North Aisle of Church of St Mary the Virgin
MAUSOLEUM APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES NORTH WEST OF NORTH AISLE OF CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113925
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Mausoleum Approximately 10 Metres North West of North Aisle of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address:
- MAUSOLEUM APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES NORTH WEST OF NORTH AISLE OF CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1113925
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Mausoleum Approximately 10 Metres North West of North Aisle of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Statutory Address 1:
- MAUSOLEUM APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES NORTH WEST OF NORTH AISLE OF CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD
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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- MAUSOLEUM APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES NORTH WEST OF NORTH AISLE OF CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Maulden
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 05827 38067
Details
MAULDEN
TL 0438 CHURCH ROAD
12/61 Mausoleum approx. 10 23.1.61 metres NW of N aisle of Church of St Mary the Virgin
GV II
Mausoleum, containing the Bruce family remains. 1859 rebuilding, probably by Benjamin Ferrey, of the 1656 structure erected by Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin. Stands on vaulted crypt, thought to be of medieval origin. Coursed ironstone with ashlar dressings. Hipped clay tile roof with bands of fishscale tiles. Small single-storeyed structure of elongated octagonal plan. Diagonal buttresses to each angle. Moulded parapet has rather worn frieze. W and E elevations each have small circular quatrefoiled window. Pointed-arched doorway to S elevation, surmounted by carved stone crest. Interior: To N elevation is monument to Diana, Countess of Elgin, erected 1656, thought to be by Thomas Burman. Consists of rather architectural marble sarcophagus, with gadrooning to middle and to surmounting basin. Carved cartouche to front and surmounting half-figure of Lady Elgin, dressed in a shroud and pointing heavenwards, have been removed. Round-arched niches to W and E formerly contained marble busts (now also removed) of Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, d.1663 and toward Bruce his grandson, d.1663, botn attributed to John Bushnell. Crypt contains plain late C12 font. M.S.F. George "The Elgin Marbles of Maulden", Bedfordshire Magazine, vol II, pp 60-68.
Listing NGR: TL0582738067
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 38048
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Bedfordshire Magazine in Bedfordshire Magazine, Vol. 2, (), 60-68
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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