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Mount Stuart Mausoleum

Date 13 November 2008

Event ID 910715

Category Management

Type Site Management

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/910715

Vaulted mortuary chamber and chapel. Single storey, 6-bay near-symmetrical, T-plan former Presbyterian church with projecting 2-storey wing centred at rear; red sandstone ashlar bellcotes surmounting pedimented gables to east and west. Harled south and north-west elevations; harl-pointed red rubble sandstone to east, north-east and west; red sandstone dressings. Raised red sandstone base course; slightly swept overhanging eaves. Prominent ashlar quoins; raised long and short surrounds to Y-traceried, round-arched bipartite windows to front (sandstone mullions); plain polished margins to remaining openings at sides and rear.

Red sandstone stair to former laird's loft in projecting wing at rear. (Historic Scotland)

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