Darnley Mausoleum

Darnley Mausoleum

Date April | Location Cobham Kent | Delmoished No |

After seeing online that this little gem is open once a month from now until August, I decided to check it out. We parked in the village of Couham and walked straight to the mausoleum. Since we arrived a little early, we sat down for a snack while we waited for it to open. It opened a few minutes late, but that wasn't an issue.

Once inside, we explored the mausoleum and then went down into the crypt on the other side. It was completed in 1786 at a cost of around £9,000, though it was not used for burial purposes.

Unfortunately, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the site was left abandoned and became an attraction for vandals. In the 1980s, a fire in the crypt caused the chapel floor to collapse and damaged an outer staircase. Thankfully, the mausoleum was restored and reopened to visitors in 2014.

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