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Darnley Mausoleum
The Darnley Mausoleum, or Cobham Mausoleum as it is often now referred to, is a Grade I Listed Building, now owned by the National Trust and situated in Cobham Woods, Kent (OS grid ref: TQ694684).〔(Detailed Record )〕〔(: English Heritage : English Heritage )〕 It was designed by James Wyatt for the 4th Earl of Darnley of Cobham Hall according to detailed instructions in the will of the 3rd Earl of Darnley.〔http://www.gravesham.gov.uk/media/pdf/h/o/Mausoleum%20leaflet.pdf Gravesham leaflet〕 It was never used for interments. The woodland is part of the parkland laid out by Humphry Repton, and is 1.6 km from the North Downs Way. The mausoleum is a Grade I Listed Building.
==History==
The Earls of Darnley had been buried at Westminster Abbey, but after the death in 1781 of John Bligh, the 3rd Earl, spaces at the Abbey were no longer available. James Wyatt (1746–1813), a fashionable and extremely prolific〔For a complete list of works see Howard Colvin A Biographical Dictionary of Architects 1600–1840, London and New Haven, 1995〕 architect of the time, was commissioned to design a mausoleum to hold the coffins of the Earls and their family members. Wyatt exhibited the design at the Royal Academy in 1783. A slightly modified design was completed in 1786 under the supervision of George Dance the Younger (1741–1825), perhaps fortunately as Wyatt had a poor reputation for supervising the execution of his work.〔see biography in Howard Colvin op. cit. page 1107-10〕 For obscure reasons the mausoleum was never consecrated so no bodies were laid to rest there. However, shortly after it was completed, Humphry Repton (1752–1818) started to redesign the landscapes around Cobham Hall for the 4th Earl in the 1790s and subsequently over nearly 30 years. As a result the mausoleum became an important landscape feature, sitting at the highest point of the Darnley estate.〔Display boards erected by the Cobham Ashenbank Management Scheme behind the security fence at the mausoleum. 2005〕
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