Vane Mausoleum Approximately 100 Metres North of Church of St. Mary is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Mausoleum.

Vane Mausoleum Approximately 100 Metres North of Church of St. Mary

WRENN ID
proud-bracket-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Mausoleum
OS grid reference
NZ 130 206
Coordinates
54.58126, -1.79891
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Vane Mausoleum, built in 1850 by William Burn for Henry Vane, the second Duke of Cleveland who died in 1864, is located approximately 100 metres north of the Church of St. Mary. This mausoleum is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a stone-flagged roof with stone gable copings. Designed in the Gothic style, it has an L-plan layout. The front gable is adorned with double doors that have elaborate iron hinges set within a moulded two-centred arch, and there is a trefoil opening above. The gable coping is roll-moulded and topped with a sceptre finial. The mausoleum has blank returns and a similar gable on the set-back right wing, which contains a two-centred-arched window. The gables are buttressed, adding to the structure's distinctive appearance.

Local climate

Vane Mausoleum Approximately 100 Metres North of Church of St. Mary receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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