Milton Mausoleum

The building was commissioned by the 4th Duke of Newcastle in memory of his wife. It was designed by Sir Robert Smirke and completed in 1833. Most of the building served as a family mausoleum, with the nave as a parish church.

Inside the west entrance is a porch, with a doorway on the south side, and steps leading up to a gallery to the north. At the east end of the nave is a screen in Ionic style with a dentil cornice containing boards painted with biblical texts. In the nave are box pews. Its ceiling is panelled, and on the south wall is a monument dated 1863. Beyond the screen is a rotunda with four round archways alternating with four round-arched niches. In the south chamber is a mid 19th-century memorial to the Dukes of Newcastle, carved by William Grinsell Nicholl. On its south wall is a board containing seven brass memorial plaques. The eastern arch leads by a passage to the east door. On its south side…