JERVIS MAUSOLEUM APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL

JERVIS MAUSOLEUM APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1196736
Date first listed:: 27-Jul-1972
List Entry Name:: JERVIS MAUSOLEUM APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
Statutory Address:: JERVIS MAUSOLEUM APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH STREET

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1196736
Date first listed:: 27-Jul-1972
Date of most recent amendment:: 24-Jan-1992
List Entry Name:: JERVIS MAUSOLEUM APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
Statutory Address 1:: JERVIS MAUSOLEUM APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH STREET

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Statutory Address:: JERVIS MAUSOLEUM APPROXIMATELY 5 METRES EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Staffordshire
District:: Stafford (District Authority)
Parish:: Stone
National Grid Reference:: SJ 90488 33818

Details

STONE

SJ9033 CHURCH STREET, Stone 651-1/7/6 (South side) 27/07/72 Jervis Mausoleum approx. 5m E of Church of St Michael (Formerly Listed as: STONE Mausoleum of Admiral Earl St Vincent in St Michael's Churchyard)

GV II*

Mausoleum to members of the Jervis family. Probably c1760. Probably by William Robinson. Ashlar with lead roof. Rectangular cell with lower flanking wings. Classical style. South elevation has plinth, pedimented cell has entrance with eared architrave, large key, frieze and pediment over studded door; plaque in architrave above has worn inscription, but later plaque with inscription to Admiral St Vincent; rusticated wings with cornices. Rear similar, with high roundel to cell; returns have plain niches. INTERIOR: tunnel vault; square recesses to returns, 3 to right with inscribed panels in architraves: Earl St Vincent, d.1823, Swynfel Jervis, d.1771, and Elizabeth, d.1784, William Jervis, d.1813, and Jane, d.1817; one to right and 2 to left with exposed coffins; 2 plaques to rear wall. John Jervis, Earl St Vincent, 1735-1823, was a prominent commander and reformer in the Royal Navy, and was created earl after commanding the British fleet at the battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London: 1974-: 268; Thorne J O ed.: Chambers Biographical Dictionary: Edinburgh: 1974-: 1126).

Listing NGR: SJ9048833818

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Legacy System number:: 385982
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Staffordshire, (1974), 268
Thorne, J O, Chambers Biographical Dictionary, (1974), 1126

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.