Mitchell-Forbes Mausoleum, Strathdon Parish Church, Strathdon is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 16 April 1971. Mausoleum.
Mitchell-Forbes Mausoleum, Strathdon Parish Church, Strathdon
- WRENN ID
- low-cobble-merlin
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1971
- Type
- Mausoleum
- OS grid reference
- NJ 355 127
- Coordinates
- 57.20093, -3.06843
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Mitchell-Forbes Mausoleum, located at Strathdon Parish Church in Strathdon, was likely designed by Archibald Simpson in 1829. This unusual and distinctive mausoleum is made of granite ashlar and features a two-stage Egyptian design. It forms a group with the church, churchyard, and the nearby former manse on the edge of Bellabeg village. The mausoleum has a Greek cross plan for the first stage and a reduced square plan for the second stage. Its walls are battered and adorned with cavetto cornices, showcasing a simple architectural treatment. It was built for Mary Forbes, the wife of Daniel Mitchell.
Local climate
Mitchell-Forbes Mausoleum, Strathdon Parish Church, Strathdon sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 90 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 67 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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