I visited the Glasgow Necropolis on Saturday the 9th April 2011 for the first time and i found this Mausoleum to be the most impressive one there. I set my Canon EOS 550D on my tripod and took 3 exposures of +2, 0 and -2 steps, AV set at f16, ISO at 100. I generated an HDR using Photomatix Pro 4 and i edited further using Photoshop.
This Mausoleum was designed by David Cousin in 1842.
Monteath served in the East India Company. Allegedly, Monteath made his fortune when an elephant carrying precious gems belonging to a Maharajah was captured and ‘relieved’ of its load by him. When he died £1,000 was left to build his monument. There was a shortfall, however the Merchants’ House gifted the extra land needed and this spectacular mausoleum was built.
Based on the Knights Templar Church of the Holy Sepulchre, experts dispute whether it is modelled on the Jerusalem Church or possibly their Cambridge Church. This 30 ft diameter Neo-Norman rotunda has grotesque faces around the doorway and each niched window has a different design. In 1850 Monteath’s brother, James Douglas Monteath of Rosehall and Stonebyres was also interred here.
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