Mausolea_and_Monuments_Trust

Mausolea and Monuments Trust

Mausolea and Monuments Trust

British charity

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

References

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