Wreay Churchyard, Losh Mausoleum is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Mausoleum.
Wreay Churchyard, Losh Mausoleum
- WRENN ID
- bitter-lime-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Mausoleum
- Address
- Wreay Churchyard, Losh Mausoleum, St. Cuthbert Without
- OS grid reference
- NY 434 489
- Coordinates
- 54.83239, -2.88132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Losh Mausoleum, located in Wreay Churchyard, was built in 1850 by Sarah Losh in memory of her sister Katherine Losh, who died in 1835. The mausoleum is constructed from quarry-cut Cyclopean blocks of calciferous sandstone and is a single-storey structure with one bay. The entrance features a vertical plank door flanked by lancet windows that have vertical iron bars. It has a projected cornice, a blocking course, and a flat roof. Inside, there is a white marble statue of Katherine Losh created by David Dunbar in 1850, based on a sketch by Sarah Losh made near Naples in 1817. The walls also display marble medallions dedicated to John and Isabella Losh, also sculpted by Dunbar. The statue was illustrated in Country Life on 4 November 1971, page 1231.
Local climate
Wreay Churchyard, Losh Mausoleum sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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