Blickling Park, Norfolk, England. Built by Joseph Bonomi in 1796–7.
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A journal by artist and designer John Coulthart.
Blickling Park, Norfolk, England. Built by Joseph Bonomi in 1796–7.
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This reminded me of Liverpool’s own Pyramid mausoleum which is in Saint Andrew’s churchyard on Rodney Street.
A picture of the tomb can be seen here.
Entombed within is supposed to be the upright body of gambler W. Mackenzie who still holds a winning hand. Or so they say.
Yes, pyramid mausoleums (mausolea?) seemed to have been trendy at one time, there’s a lot of them scattered around Britain. Highgate cemetery has one of its own along with some other Egyptian-themed monuments:
http://www.craphound.com/images/highgate/