Trevor Mausoleum in churchyard of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 July 1998. Mausoleum.

Trevor Mausoleum in churchyard of the Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 July 1998
Type
Mausoleum
Address
Trevor Mausoleum in churchyard of the Church of St Mary, Chirk
OS grid reference
SJ 292 376
Coordinates
52.93162, -3.05418
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Trevor Mausoleum, located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, is an elaborate neo-Norman structure built from upper coal measures rock-faced sandstone and ashlar work, topped with a stone slab roof and raised gables. This single cell building features dressed clasping buttresses at each corner and an arched entrance on the west gable. The entrance has a round arch adorned with finely carved chevron and guilloche patterns, supported by intricately carved twin nook shafts. It is fitted with a boarded oak door that has elaborate iron hinges and a small barred viewing window. The side walls display an alternating billet mid-wall string and a tightly carved chevron corbel table that supports the stone gutter. Each side features a small raised dormer with a similar chevron arch that rises into a steep gable, containing glazing with tinted puntils. A dedication plaque on the door commemorates Arthur William, 2nd Baron Trevor, who died in 1923, his wife Rosamund, who died in 1942, and their child who died in 1904.

Inside, the mausoleum is vaulted with stone ribs, with those on the east side descending beside a niche on the east wall. The interior houses a lifesize white marble figure of a winged angel, standing on a small hemisphere and tenderly holding the girl child Mary Rosamund, who passed away in 1904 at the age of 5.

Local climate

Trevor Mausoleum in churchyard of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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