Description

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SE 92 NE
6/86
7.2.68

WELTON
MAUSOLEUM PLANTATION
WELTON DALE
The Raikes Mausoleum

II

Mausoleum. 1818 for Sir Robert Raikes. Limestone ashlar. Circular plan:
probably a copy of a Roman model. Tall single storey on basement.
Rusticated base with segmental openings to basement. Eight steps to sealed,
rendered and lined doorway in architrave: scrolled brackets to projecting
cornice over frieze of bay leaves and garlands. Over the door is a corniced
panel with the inscription "AEDIFICAVIT ROBERTUS RAIKES ARMIGER AD
MDCCCXVIII". Around the building are 8 Doric pilasters dividing it into bays:
each alternate bay blind. Other bays have projecting panels with cornice
and blocking course carrying sarcophagi in low relief: above are ventilation
holes in sunk corniced panels. Frieze of triglyphs and guttae: Doric
cornice, blocking course, and stepped ashlar dome. The building is enclosed
by a circular flagged area defined by a dwarf wall, once carrying iron
railings (now removed).

Listing NGR: SE9653429176

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26499446

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)