Cluny, Old Churchyard And Fraser Mausoleum
Mausoleum (19th Century)
Site Name Cluny, Old Churchyard And Fraser Mausoleum
Classification Mausoleum (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Old Churchyard Of Cluny; Cluny Church
Canmore ID 77099
Site Number NJ61SE 5.01
NGR NJ 68481 12571
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/77099
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Cluny
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Fraser Mausoleum, 1808, James Byres. The old kirkyard of Cluny in deepest Aberdeenshire hides a breath of Roman
classicism designed with great assurance and executed with extraordinary precision. Miss Elyza Fraser's mausoleum, by her friend James Byres, the classical antiquary, of nearby Tonley, is a drum of fine granite ashlar with a moulded base set on a low square podium; it rises to a dome with oculus. The architraved doorpiece is topped by a fine coat of arms between two swags; the frieze is inscribed: ELIZABETH FRASER OF CASTLE FRASER MDCCC VIII. Miss Elyza left
Byers 'my carriage and best pair of horses', but his plans to be interred in a similar mausoleum were later revoked.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ61SE 5.01 68481 12571
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect: James Byres of Tonlay (?) 1800.
Mausoleum in memory of Miss Elyza Fraser fo Castle Fraser.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Fraser Mausoleum. The mausoleum of Miss Elyza Fraser was designed in 1808 by her friend James Byers, the classical antiquary of nearby Tonley. It has the form of a drum of fine granite ashlar with a moulded base set on a low square podium, and rises to a dome with oculus. Above the architraved doorway there is a fine coat of arms between two swags. The frieze is inscribed ELIZABETH FRASER OF CASTLE FARSER MDCCC VIII. Miss Elyza left Byers 'my carriage and best pair of horses' but his plans to be interred in a similar mausoleum were later revoked.
I Shepherd 1994.
James Byres of Tonley (?) dated 1808 (frieze inscription ELIZABETH FRASER OF CASTLE FRASER MDCCC VIII) Roman neo-classical. Circular ashlar granite with moulded base on low square podium, architraved doorpiece with wrought iron grille, fine swagged coat of arms over. Dome with oculus. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)
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