Mausolea and Monuments Trust explained

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 trust has responsibility for six mausolea:

• The Bateman Mausoleum, Morley, Derbyshire
• The Heathcote Mausoleum, Hursley, Hampshire
• The Wynne Ellis Mausoleum, Whitstable, Kent
• The Nash Mausoleum, Farningham, Kent
• The Guise Mausoleum, Elmore, Gloucestershire
• The Boileau Mausoleum, Ketteringham, Norfolk

The trust publishes a regular journal titled Mausolus, and researches and maintains a gazetteer of mausolea in Great Britain and Ireland.^[4]

External links

• The Mausolea & Monuments Trust website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mausolea & Monuments Trust - Heritage Organisation. National Churches Trust. 27 September 2020.
2. Web site: About Us. The Mausolea and Monuments Trust. 20 October 2015.
3. Web site: A small charity with a very big mission. Roger. Bowdler. The Building Conservation Directory. 27 September 2020.
4. Web site: Home page. The Mausolea & Monuments Trust. 27 September 2020.