De Grey Mausoleum, 2007

The de Grey Mausoleum in Flitton, Bedfordshire, England, is one of the largest sepulchral chapels in the country. The mausoleum contains over twenty monuments to the de Grey family who lived in nearby Wrest Park.

The cruciform mausoleum has its nave set against the north side of the chancel of the adjacent church of St John the Baptist and its south transept overlaps the east end. The oldest part of Mausoleum was built circa 1614, the eastern parts were added in 1705.[1] The architect Edward Shepherd worked on the building during 1739–40.

It is a Grade I listed building,[2] a scheduled monument.[3] and is in the guardianship of English Heritage who open it to the public.[4]

The monuments

See also

References

  1. Page, William Henry, ed. (1908). Parishes: Flitton cum Silsoe. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol. II. London: University of London, Dawsons. pp. 325–332. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. "THE DE GREY MAUSOLEUM ADJOINING CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, Flitton and Greenfield – 1113904 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. "The De Grey Mausoleum, Flitton and Greenfield – 1014623 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. "De Grey Mausoleum, Flitton". English Heritage. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus (1 January 1968). The Buildings of England: Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough (New ed.). London: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300095814.
  • Read, Charles Philip (10 August 2007). Earl de Grey (first ed.). London: Willow Historical Monographs. ISBN 9780955569302.

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