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The Trentham Mausoleum in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, was built in about 1808 by Charles Heathcote Tatham for the Marquis of Stafford, later Duke of Sutherland.[1] Heathcote Tatham was a friend of the Marquis’s wife Elizabeth, and also constructed several other buildings nearby, including a lodge and bridges at Trentham Hall.[2]
The mausoleum was designated a Grade I listed building
Structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection. in 1972.[1]
Architecture
The mausoleum is constructed in ashlar in a neo-Egyptian style, and has heavily battered walls and a squat central tower with a pyramidal roof. The entrance doorway is relatively small, with doors decorated in highly ornate wrought-iron work and a heavy stone lintel.[1][2]
As at 2026 the mausoleum is included in Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register.[3]
