Mausolea and Monuments Trust

The Mausolea and Monuments Trust is a charity for the "protection and preservation of mausolea and funerary monuments situated in Great Britain and Ireland."[1] The trust was founded in 1997 by the architectural historian Jill Allibone (1932–1998).[2] Tim Knox, then the director of the Soane Museum and the trust's first chairman, described it as “the dottiest conservation cause in the land”.[3]

The Mausolea and Monuments Trust logo

The trust has responsibility for six mausolea:

• The Bateman Mausoleum, Morley, Derbyshire[4]
• The Heathcote Mausoleum, Hursley, Hampshire[5]
• The Wynne Ellis Mausoleum, Whitstable, Kent [6]
• The Nash Mausoleum, Farningham, Kent[7]
• The Guise Mausoleum, Elmore, Gloucestershire[8]
• The Boileau Mausoleum, Ketteringham, Norfolk[9]

The trust publishes a regular journal titled Mausolus, and researches and maintains a gazetteer of mausolea in Great Britain and Ireland.[10]

References

1. "Mausolea & Monuments Trust - Heritage Organisation". National Churches Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
2. "About Us". The Mausolea and Monuments Trust. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
3. Bowdler, Roger. "A small charity with a very big mission". The Building Conservation Directory. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
4. Historic England. "Mausoleum west of St Matthews Church  (Grade II*) (1205888)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
5. Historic England. "Mausoleum 20M west of All Saints Church  (Grade II) (1350520)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
6. Historic England. "Wynne Ellis Mausoleum at All Saints Churchyard  (Grade II) (1244859)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
7. Historic England. "Mausoleum of Thomas Nash  (Grade II*) (1237803)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
8. Historic England. "Guise Mausoleum  (Grade II*) (1247875)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
9. Historic England. "Boileau Mausoleum  (Grade II) (1387306)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
10. "Home page". The Mausolea & Monuments Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

External links

• The Mausolea & Monuments Trust website