Similarly scaled and almost identical to the Simeon mausoleum at Aston Hall, except that the doorway has a triangular, as opposed to a segmental, pediment. The interior has a central tunnel-vaulted passage with the coffin niches to either side contained in the projecting wings.
Probably William Robinson
Neo-Classical
Grade II* (England and Wales)
1760
The mausoleum was almost certainly built by Swynfen Jervis of Meaford (d.1771) the father of John Jervis, Admiral Earl St Vincent (1735-1823) who is also buried here. The latter was an important reformer in the Royal Navy who was made an Earl after commanding the British fleet at the battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797. There are nine interments. Other members of the family interred in the mausoleum include: Elizabeth Jervis (d.1784); William Jervis (d.1813); and Jane Jervis (d.1817).
1973: Repaired (see Gillow 2026).
2003: Corrugated metal roof fixed to central hall after lead stolen (see Gillow 2026).
2010: Good but a little neglected.
2025: Friends of St Michael's Churchyard, Stone (a CIO) set up to fund repairs.
2026 (Jan): OK but some water ingress and damp, lead and tar roofing material damage, biological growth, and one piece of red graffiti (star within a circle). Plans are to replace roofing and drain gutters and renew dry drains, along with some attention to stonework (repointing, internal plasterwork, window, door and internal floor) - see Gillow 2026.
BoE: Staffs (1974) 268;
H Colvin, Architecture and the After-Life (1991), 337, fig.312;
Tim Gillow, 'The Jervis Mausoleum at Stone in Staffordshire: The Restoration Project,' Mausolus (Spring 2026), pp. 14-19
Shell Guide: Staffs (1978) 62;
Chambers Biographical Dictionary (1974), 1126.
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Churchyard of St Michael
Church Street
Stone
Staffordshire
ST15 8EZ
England