Description

SD 45 SE ELLEL

12/77 Preston family Mausoleum, Church
St. Mary
7-6-1979 (Formerly included in listing
of Chapel of St.Mary in
the grounds of Ellel
Grange)

GV II

Mausoleum, 1873 by W.& G. Audsley. Built for Preston family of Ellel
Grange (q.v.). Coursed rock-faced sandstone with steep slate roof. Walls
have a weathered offset above a plinth. Gables have copings. The doorway, in
the east gable wall, has a pointed arch moulded in 2 orders having angle
shafts with foliated capitals. The tympanum has a carved scene of the
Resurrection. The west window is of 4 lights with Geometric tracery. Inside,
the side walls have 5-bay blank arcades with pointed arches and columns with
foliated capitals. The western arcades contain memorial tablets, some now
damaged. Under the west window is an inscribed granite tablet within a
sandstone border with Gothic carving.

Listing NGR: SD4816053566

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26327113

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Recommended Books

• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5