Macgregor Murray Mausoleum, Auchtoo is a Grade B listed building in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 September 1973. Mausoleum.

Macgregor Murray Mausoleum, Auchtoo

WRENN ID
dusk-stone-lichen
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
Constituency
Stirling and Strathallan MP: Chris Kane (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
5 September 1973
Type
Mausoleum
OS grid reference
NN 555 206
Coordinates
56.35581, -4.33958
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Macgregor Murray Mausoleum, built around 1820, is a three-bay structure featuring crow-stepped gables and a crypt at the rear, situated on a slope. The main façade faces north and includes a two-leaf timber panelled door set within a pointed-arch architrave, with a two-light cusped window above it. The mausoleum is supported by substantial buttresses with triangular-capped shoulders at the corners and between the bays. The side elevations have blind pointed-arch windows with uncarved shields beneath them, while the south gable has a small bipartite window and timber-boarded doors leading to the crypt. This mausoleum is a well-preserved example of early 19th-century architecture, located prominently in the centre of Auchtubh.

Inside, the mausoleum features arched stone recesses arranged in tiers of three along the side walls and one at the end wall. Some of these recesses have been plastered over and are marked with memorial stones. The earliest memorial dates back to 1822 and is adorned with cherub heads.

The mausoleum is constructed of random rubble with polished ashlar dressings and has a stone-slabbed roof. Surrounding the mausoleum is a curved random rubble boundary wall with a central entrance to the north, flanked by square ashlar gatepiers topped with domed rubble caps. The entrance features two-leaf, spear-headed, cast-iron gates.

Local climate

Macgregor Murray Mausoleum, Auchtoo sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 78 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 56 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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