The mausoleum lies at the east end of the south aisle and is separated from the rest of the building by a fine wrought-iron screen. Inside there is a strange assortment of disparate architectural elements; commemorative obelisks, saints in niches, an aedicule with Perpendicular panelling and walls painted with heraldic shields. But the most striking feature of the interior is the glazed ceiling; this is supported by a series of arches and floods the whole chapel with light.
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Grade II (England and Wales)
1811
Pendock Barry Barry (d.1847) lived at Roclaveston Manor close to Tollerton church. He was a bachelor who continued to make alterations to his house throughout his life, rebuilt the church, added the mausoleum, and linked house and church by means of an embattled arcade. He is thought to have built the mausoleum following the death of his mother, Susanna, in 1811. She is commemorated by a plaque placed centrally over the altar. The other memorials were introduced some thirty years later, in 1841 and 1842. One is dedicated to his sister, another Susanna, and the other to his great uncle, Pendock Neale (d.1772). After Barry’s death, the estate passed to Susannah Davies (d.1872) who left a fund for the maintenance of the mausoleum.
Good (2002).
BoE: Notts (1979),179;
Shell Guide: Notts (1984),172.
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Church of St Peter
Tollerton
Nottinghamshire
NG12 4FW
England