Stanley Mausoleum in St Mary's Churchyard
Stanley Mausoleum, Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Nether Alderley, SK10 4TW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1275685
- Date first listed:
- 14-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Stanley Mausoleum in St Mary's Churchyard
- Statutory Address:
- Stanley Mausoleum, Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Nether Alderley, SK10 4TW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1275685
- Date first listed:
- 14-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Stanley Mausoleum in St Mary's Churchyard
- Statutory Address 1:
- Stanley Mausoleum, Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Nether Alderley, SK10 4TW
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.
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:
- Stanley Mausoleum, Church of St Mary, Church Lane, Nether Alderley, SK10 4TW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Nether Alderley
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 84149 76096
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21/01/2020
SJ 87 NW
4/117
NETHER ALDERLEY C.P.
CHURCH LANE
Stanley Mausoleum in St Mary's Churchyard
(Formerly listed under CHURCH DRIVE)
14/4/1967
GV
II
Mausoleum: dated 1909 by Paul Phipps of London for the fourth Lord Sheffield. Ashlar buff and red sandstone, Kerridge stone-slate roof. Neo-Jacobean style.
Long rectangular plan, two-storey, symmetrical three-bay north front. Blank end bays divided from centre by delicate triangular pilasters. Moulded doorcase with a flat four-centred arched head contains a pair of flat panelled oak doors. Above the door is
the Stanley crest and a band of carved acanthus. First storey has a rebated three-light hollow chamfered stone-mullioned windows and a band of carved acanthus above. Date plaque recessed in gable above. Four-light windows to the sides on first storey only.
Interior: sides have three elliptically headed recesses and the ends semi-circular headed niches with a cabled edge. White marble sarcophagus of fourth Lord Sheffield and his wife of 1925 decorated with a band of cherubs and garlands. Some brass plaques and on open timber roof.
Listing NGR: SJ8415076099
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 58283
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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