Religious Neighbours
by Terri Waters
Title
Religious Neighbours
Artist
Terri Waters
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The village of Nether Wallop in Hampshire has a rather striking feature to be found in St Andrew's churchyard. The churchyard is home to an intriguing fifteen foot tall stone pyramid.
This mausoleum appears to be the earliest example in Britain of the use of a pyramid rising straight from the ground as a funerary monument.
The pyramid covers a vaulted burial chamber and is known as the Douce Mausoleum. This Grade II listed structure was built for the physician Dr Francis Douce (1675-1760) in 1748 and was designed by John Blake of Winchester. The pinnacle of the pyramid is capped off with a flaming torch, and one side of the pyramid bears a tablet which holds a coat of arms and an inscription. The pyramid looks rather out of place in a sleepy British village churchyard.
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November 29th, 2014
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