Mausoleum, Hopetoun House is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. Mausoleum.

Mausoleum, Hopetoun House

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
Type
Mausoleum
OS grid reference
NT 082 790
Coordinates
55.99517, -3.47302
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The mausoleum at Hopetoun House was built in 1831 and designed by William Burn in the Romanesque Revival style. It features polished ashlar stonework, saddle-back skews, and a stone-slabbed roof. The building includes gargoyles and round-headed window openings, with a porch located at the west end.

Local climate

Mausoleum, Hopetoun House receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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