Horsborough Mausoleum, Old Graveyard, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Horsborough Mausoleum, Old Graveyard, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- floating-eave-nettle
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 448 936
- Coordinates
- 54.77013, -5.75015
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This early 19th-century mausoleum, built in the Tudor Revival style, stands within the ruins of a church in Ballycarry, County Antrim. It is situated in the corner of the chancel and is constructed primarily of dressed sandstone. The west-facing front features three recessed Tudor arched panels; the left panel is inscribed "Smiley," the central panel contains a doorway now secured by a sheet iron door, and the right panel bears a dedicatory inscription to the Horsborough family. The north side is built of roughly lime-plastered basalt rubble. The rear and south sides are integrated into the walls of the church. The roof is overgrown.
The mausoleum was built by John Horsborough to commemorate his mother, Agnes, who died in 1787, and his brother, Alexander, who died in 1821. It dates from the 1820s or early to mid-1830s, and also contains the remains of John Horsborough himself, who died in 1837. The structure is located within the area of the ancient monument ANT 47:10. The mausoleum is situated within Templecorran graveyard, a rural setting on the southern edge of Forthill village, surrounding a church dating back to at least the 17th century.
Local climate
Horsborough Mausoleum, Old Graveyard, Ballycarry, Larne, Co Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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