Dysart Mausoleum and Railing
DYSART MAUSOLEUM AND RAILING, CHURCH DRIVE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1360830
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jan-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Dysart Mausoleum and Railing
- Statutory Address:
- DYSART MAUSOLEUM AND RAILING, CHURCH DRIVE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1360830
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jan-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Dysart Mausoleum and Railing
- Statutory Address 1:
- DYSART MAUSOLEUM AND RAILING, CHURCH DRIVE
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:
- DYSART MAUSOLEUM AND RAILING, CHURCH DRIVE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Melton (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Buckminster
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 87942 23078
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23/09/2015
SK 82 SE
2/2
BUCKMINSTER
CHURCH DRIVE (north side)
Dysart Mausoleum and railing
GV
II*
Mausoleum. c.1880. Ashlar with stone slab roofs. Moulded
plinth and eaves, gable bands and verges. Gothic style. Single
storey, 3 bays. West front has central gabled porch with
flanking buttresses with heavily moulded pointed doorway with
rounded jambs, ogee hood mould and finial. Plank door with
elaborate bronze strap hinges and cross. Above the door, a
traceried roundel containing a shield and a cross. Beyond, on
each side, a large gabled corner buttress with traceried panels.
East side has a central gable with flanking buttresses, with a
plain leaded graduated triple lancet with heavily moulded reveal
and hood mould. Above, a small double lancet ventilator with
hood mould. Beyond, on each side, a large gabled corner
buttress. North and south gables have each 2 corner buttresses
with setoffs. Above, an unglazed 3 light mullioned ventilator.
Outside, a low coped wall carrying a spiked railing with baluster
shaped posts and a gateway to east. This building was erected by
the Trustees of the Eighth Earl of Dysart, who died in 1878.
Listing NGR: SK8794223078
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 189774
- 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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