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- STANK, ESHER MAUSOLEUM
General Details and Location
Category
AT RISK
Name of Building
Esher Mausoleum
Other Name(s)
Address
Stank Glen
Locality
Postcode
Planning Authority
Divisional Area
Reference No
5336
Listing Category
Unlisted
OS Grid Ref
NN 57949 10518
Location Type
Remote
HS Reference No
Description
Stone built single storey mausoleum in a remote location. Built in Norman Romanesque style, with apse end and round headed windows. Slated roof. Arched entrance. Two panels to one side of the entrance with verses from RL Stevenson:
GREY RECUMBENT TOMBS OF THE DEAD IN DESERT PLACES. STANDING STONES ON THE VACANT WINE-RED MOOR. HILLS OF SHEEP. AND THE HOWES OF THE SILENT VANISHED RACES AND WINDS. AUSTERE AND PURE.
THIS BE THE VERSE YOU GRAVE FOR ME: HERE HE LIES WHERE HE LONGED TO BE: HOME IS THE SAILOR, HOME FROM SEA. AND THE HUNTER HOME FROM THE HILL.
Photographs, dating from 1907, held in the University of St Andrews archive show the mausoleum intact.
GREY RECUMBENT TOMBS OF THE DEAD IN DESERT PLACES. STANDING STONES ON THE VACANT WINE-RED MOOR. HILLS OF SHEEP. AND THE HOWES OF THE SILENT VANISHED RACES AND WINDS. AUSTERE AND PURE.
THIS BE THE VERSE YOU GRAVE FOR ME: HERE HE LIES WHERE HE LONGED TO BE: HOME IS THE SAILOR, HOME FROM SEA. AND THE HUNTER HOME FROM THE HILL.
Photographs, dating from 1907, held in the University of St Andrews archive show the mausoleum intact.
Building Dates
Unknown
Architects
Unknown
Category of Risk and Development History
Condition
Ruinous
Category of Risk
Critical
Exemptions to State of Risk
Field Visits
15/2/2012, 10/11/2021
Development History
15 February 2012: Inspection finds the only parts of the north wall and the west doorway remain.
10 November 2021: External inspection attempted but could not be completed. Since the previous visit in 2012 the surrounding forestry has grown and extended its coverage, as such the site could not be accessed.
Availability
Current Availability
Unknown
Appointed Agents
Price
Occupancy
Vacant
Occupancy Type
N/A
Present/Former Uses
Name of Owners
Type of Ownership
Unknown
Information Services
Additional Contacts/Information Source
Bibliography
Online Resources
Classification
Mausolea
Original Entry Date
13-JUL-12
Date of Last Edit
16/07/2012
