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Latitude: 56.4763 / 56°28'34"N
Longitude: -2.8568 / 2°51'24"W
OS Eastings: 347317
OS Northings: 731901
OS Grid: NO473319
Mapcode National: GBR VN.PSH2
Mapcode Global: WH7RD.2HW2
Plus Code: 9C8VF4GV+G7
Entry Name: Gilroy Mausoleum, Barnhill Cemetery, Dundee
Listing Name: Barnhill, Strathmore Street, Barnhill Cemetery, Gilroy Mausoleum
Listing Date: 29 October 1991
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 362150
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB25752
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Dundee, Barnhill Cemetery, Gilroy Mausoleum
ID on this website: 200362150
Location: Dundee
County: Dundee
Town: Dundee
Electoral Ward: The Ferry
Traditional County: Angus
Tagged with: Mausoleum
John Murray Robertson, dated 1892. Single-storey and semi-basement, rectangular plan, mausoleum set upon coped ashlar dais. Ashlar, stone slab roof. Decorative wrought-iron railings of robust floral design with lions sejant and stylist dolphin finials. Base course, buttresses, louvred lancets with chamfered arrises, corbelled eaves course/continuous hoodmould, crowstepped gables.
S GABLE: 5 steps leading to moulded Tudor-arched entrance with hoodmould and label stops bearing carving '18' at left, '92' at right; full-height foliate pattern wrought-iron gates, panelled at base. 'G' (George Gilroy) carved ashlar cipher at left, 'SR' (Sarah Reid, his wife) at right, Gilroy armorial at gablehead. Carved lion sejant with armorial finial.
E AND W ELEVATIONS: 4 buttresses alternating with 3 lancets.
INTERIOR: blind, tripartite, Tudor-arched memorial panel with carved armoials dated 1892; inscribed marble panels to various members of the Gilroy family, tomb beneath.
Erected for George Gilroy of Castleroy (1815-1892); Tudor arch and crowsteps reflecting style of Castleroy (demolished), Andrew Heiton and John Murray Robertson from 1867.
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