Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB20/13/020 B

Address :
The Ferguson Mausoleum Carmavy Graveyard Carmavy Road Nutts Corner Crumlin Co Antrim

Townland:
Grange of Carmavy

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
11/12/1974 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Mausoleum

Former Use
Mausoleum

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
Yes

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
112/16

IG Ref:
J2128 8093

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Owner Category

Miscellaneous

Exterior Description And Setting

A circular single-storey stone mausoleum with conical stone roof built of basalt rubble and field stones. Entrance faces south. Smeared cement pointing to walls; slightly projecting eaves course; some tufts of grass growing out of stone roof. Entrance consists of a segmental arched opening with rough stone voussoirs and slightly splayed reveals, containing a spiked iron gate up one step to a raised floor area. SETTING: The building stands in a walled graveyard (HB20/13/020D) which is located in a very rural area. It is sited approximately on an east to west axis with two other mausolea (HB20/13/020A and C) and stands between them, surrounded by grass.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Built by Samuel Ferguson of Bellyhill in memory of various members of his family; precise date not known but probably in 1817 or shortly afterwards. Those commemorated at the time the vault was built were Ferguson's grandfather, Samuel Carson who died in 1775; his mother, Agnes Ferguson who died in 1814; his wife, Jane Ferguson who died in 1817; and his daughter Margaret Ferguson who died in 1815. Also commemorated is Grace Elizabeth Drennan who died in 1974; mausoleum repaired by the executors of her estate in 1975. The mausoleum is plot no. 251 in the graveyard register. The graveyard itself is an historic monument, no. ANT55:47. References – Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1832-3, Co Antrim 55. 2. Inscribed plaques in interior. 3. Information from secretary of the graveyard committee in 2000. Secondary Sources 1. UAHS, West Antrim (Belfast, 1970), p 12.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

B. Proportion D. Plan Form J. Setting

Historic Interest

Z. Rarity X. Local Interest

Evaluation

This is a late Georgian stone vaulted mausoleum of unusual form, being circular with a conical roof. It enjoys a pleasant setting in an attractive and historic graveyard.

General Comments

Date of Survey

10 June 2000