- Building type: Memorial
- Date of construction: 1783
- Architect: Michael Shanahan
- Listing: A
- HB/SMR Ref: HB03/12/016
- 2nd Survey by EHS: No
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Mussenden Temple, Downhill
County Londonderry
Circular temple based on the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli. South side has a square-topped doorway with light, carved surround and Bishop’s coat of arms above. North, East and West sides have a large rectangular sash window. Sixteen Corinthian columns run around the carved walls with carved inscription around the top. Domed slate roof with urn finial at centre. Basalt base with rounded arch entrance in East face
| Stone Type Category: | Buff-Pink Sandstone |
| Primary Stone Type: | Ballycastle Sandstone |
| Secondary Stone Type: | Basalt |
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| Replacement Stone Type: | English Carboniferous Sandstone |
| Stonework Construction: | Plain ashlar |
| Stonework Condition: | Stonework is in good general condition with minimal evidence of deterioration through some surface roughening of isolated sandstone blocks. Weathering of some decorative stonework has resulted in loss of definition. |
| Condition Assessment (QUB): | 2 |
