Johnstone Mausoleum, Alva Churchyard is a Grade A listed building in the Clackmannanshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 June 1972. Mausoleum.
Johnstone Mausoleum, Alva Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- salt-stronghold-merlin
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Clackmannanshire
- Constituency
- Alloa and Grangemouth MP: Brian Leishman (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1972
- Type
- Mausoleum
- OS grid reference
- NS 887 973
- Coordinates
- 56.15557, -3.79231
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Johnstone Mausoleum, located in Alva Churchyard, was designed by Robert and James Adam in 1790. This mausoleum features a Graeco-Roman style, characterized by columns that have Greek shafts and Roman capitals. It has a square plan and is constructed from droved ashlar stone. The structure includes a groin-vaulted ceiling and an entrance arch that is framed by Doric columns topped with a pediment. Additionally, there are niches on the north and south sides, each with a pediment above.
Local climate
Johnstone Mausoleum, Alva Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 66 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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