Trafford Mausoleum, Wroxham

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Trafford Mausoleum
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TypeMausoleum
Location Wroxham, Norfolk
Coordinates 52°42′25″N1°23′52″E / 52.7069°N 1.3978°E / 52.7069; 1.3978 Coordinates: 52°42′25″N1°23′52″E / 52.7069°N 1.3978°E / 52.7069; 1.3978
BuiltC.1830
Architect Anthony Salvin
Architectural style(s) Gothic Revival (Early English style)
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameTrafford Mausoleum, St Mary's Churchyard
Designated16 May 1984
Reference no.1050869
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Location of Trafford Mausoleum in Norfolk

The Trafford Mausoleum, is a memorial in Wroxham, Norfolk, England. Commissioned after the death of Sigismund Trafford Southwell in 1827, the mausoleum was designed by Anthony Salvin in Gothic Revival style. It is a Grade II listed structure.

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History and architecture

The building has been used to bury members of the Trafford family. [1] The Traffords of Wroxham Hall (now demolished) held land in the area from the Middle Ages. [2]

Sigismund Trafford Southwell, High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1818, died in 1827. His wife Margaret approached Anthony Salvin to design a mausoleum which was constructed c.1830. [3] It was built in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Wroxham. [4] Salvin exhibited the design at the Royal Academy in 1830. [4] The style is Early English Gothic, [4] described in the Norfolk 1: Norwich and the North-East volume of Pevsner as a; "correct, rather cold later 13th century style". [5] The mausoleum is a Grade II listed structure. [4]

Notes

  1. "Wroxham Church opens Trafford Mausoleum". www.networknorwich.co.uk. 2016. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  2. Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
  3. dijit.net. "Trafford Mausoleum - Mausolea & Monuments Trust". www.mmtrust.org.uk.
  4. 1 2 3 4 England, Historic. "TRAFFORD MAUSOLEUM, ST MARY'S CHURCHYARD, Wroxham - 1050869- Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
  5. Pevsner & Wilson 2002, p. 738.

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