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Werburgh Drive, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 8LB

The mausoleum was built in 1807-08 for the Marquis of Stafford (the late Duke of Sutherland) as the final resting place for his family members - the Sutherland family were extremely influential in the city at that time and owned the nearby Trentham Park. The mausoleum is a Grade I listed building (http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-384487-mausoleum- British Listed Buildings).

This massive erection is said to be the only Grade I listed structure in the Potteries. It was constructed c.1808 by C.H.Tatham for the Marquis of Stafford, later Duke of Sutherland, directly opposite his seat at Trentham Park. See English Heritage entry at https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1210451

This massive erection is said to be the only Grade I listed structure in the Potteries. It was constructed c.1808 by C.H.Tatham for the Marquis of Stafford, later Duke of Sutherland, directly opposite his seat at Trentham Park. See English Heritage entry at https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1210451

Opposite the main gates of Trentham Gardens is the only grade I listed building in Stoke-on-Trent. It features a solid oak door at the front, a window at the rear and an upper storey with four louvred windows, one on each flank. The gloomy interior, with its Greek Cross plan, has tunnel-vaulted arms. The ashlar walls slope inwards on all sides. This mausoleum was built in 1807-8 to the design of Charles Heathcote Tatham of Trentham. In 1907 the bodies of the half-dozen members of the Levison-Gower family laid to rest in the catacombs were removed and buried in special lead coffins elsewhere within the cemetery compound; descriptive tablets were placed above each grave. No.12 Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries http://www.thepotteries.org/tour/012.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trentham_Mausoleum

A closer view of Image] showing the inscription on the base: 1914 - 1918 IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF TRENTHAM WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

War memorial in front of Image] in the grounds of Trentham Cemetery. Image] gives a closer view showing the inscription on the base: 1914 - 1918 IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF TRENTHAM WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

Now a Council cemetery. It is full apart from re-openings.

Opposite the main gates of Trentham Gardens is the only grade I listed building in Stoke-on-Trent. It features a solid oak door at the front, a window at the rear and an upper storey with four louvred windows, one on each flank. The gloomy interior, with its Greek Cross plan, has tunnel-vaulted arms. The ashlar walls slope inwards on all sides. This mausoleum was built in 1807-8 to the design of Charles Heathcote Tatham of Trentham. In 1907 the bodies of the half-dozen members of the Levison-Gower family laid to rest in the catacombs were removed and buried in special lead coffins elsewhere within the cemetery compound; descriptive tablets were placed above each grave.