Mausoleum South of St Margerets's Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1989. Mausoleum.
Mausoleum South of St Margerets's Church
- WRENN ID
- noble-newel-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1989
- Type
- Mausoleum
- Address
- Mausoleum South of St Margerets's Church, Town Street, Newton
- OS grid reference
- TL 435 491
- Coordinates
- 52.1219, 0.09501
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The mausoleum located south of St Margaret's Church was built in 1922 for Sir Charles Walston of Newton Hall by Ambrose Paynter. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and features a conical slate roof. The building has a D-plan shape and includes a curved entrance adorned with elaborate detached, fluted Ionic columns. The central entrance consists of six-panel double doors with a decorative overlight, all set within a finely moulded ashlar surround that is topped by a lion's head mask and a decorative frieze.
Local climate
Mausoleum South of St Margerets's Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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