The Raikes Mausoleum is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1968. Mausoleum.
The Raikes Mausoleum
- WRENN ID
- first-spindle-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Goole and Pocklington MP: David Davis (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1968
- Type
- Mausoleum
- Address
- The Raikes Mausoleum, Mausoleum Plantation, Welton
- OS grid reference
- SE 965 291
- Coordinates
- 53.75004, -0.53755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Raikes Mausoleum is a mausoleum built in 1818 for Sir Robert Raikes. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a circular plan, likely inspired by Roman architecture. The structure is a tall single storey sitting on a basement, with a rusticated base that has segmental openings for the basement. Access is via eight steps leading to a sealed doorway that is rendered and lined, framed by an architrave with scrolled brackets supporting a projecting cornice. Above the doorway is a corniced panel inscribed with "AEDIFICAVIT ROBERTUS RAIKES ARMIGER AD MDCCCXVIII".
The mausoleum is adorned with eight Doric pilasters that divide it into bays, with every alternate bay being blind. The other bays feature projecting panels with cornices and blocking courses that carry sarcophagi in low relief, along with ventilation holes set in sunk corniced panels. The frieze includes triglyphs and guttae, topped by a Doric cornice, blocking course, and a stepped ashlar dome. Surrounding the building is a circular flagged area defined by a dwarf wall, which once supported iron railings that have since been removed.
Local climate
The Raikes Mausoleum receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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