The Guise Mausoleum is a Grade II* listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1991. Mausoleum.

The Guise Mausoleum

WRENN ID
still-facade-ochre
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Stroud
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 April 1991
Type
Mausoleum
Address
The Guise Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Longney Road, Elmore, Gloucestershire, GL2 3SP
OS grid reference
SO 766 149
Coordinates
51.83245, -2.33982
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Guise Mausoleum is a mausoleum built in 1733 for Sir John Guise. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and designed in a neo-Classical style, featuring a square plan. The remaining structure includes four ashlar piers with capitals and the lower two-thirds of attached baseless columns, which originally had Doric capitals at the corners. These piers once supported a vaulted superstructure, and each of the four sides had a recessed semi-circular arch. Above the columns, there was an entablature with a Doric frieze, topped by a pyramidal stone roof. Beneath the structure lies the burial vault, which is a chamber. Since the upper part of the mausoleum collapsed in the early 20th century, much of the masonry now rests on the ground.

Local climate

The Guise Mausoleum receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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