Robertson Mausoleum, Churchyard, Old High Kirk, Church Street, Inverness is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 21 May 1971. Mausoleum.

Robertson Mausoleum, Churchyard, Old High Kirk, Church Street, Inverness

WRENN ID
third-gateway-sienna
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Highland
Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire MP: Mr Angus MacDonald (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
21 May 1971
Type
Mausoleum
OS grid reference
NH 664 455
Coordinates
57.4801, -4.22856
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Robertson Mausoleum, located in the churchyard of the Old High Kirk on Church Street in Inverness, dates back to 1660 and is a classical structure of provincial type. It is enclosed by the rear wall of No. 115, the church, the gable of Greyfriars Free Church, and two screen walls. The screen walls are made of ashlar and feature open, columned sections above a base, topped with a cornice and entablature. The columns on the west side have crudely carved capitals that depict fleshy foliage, while the frieze is decorated with symbols of mortality. On the south side, there is an architraved entrance flanked by columns adorned with vine leaves. Inside, there is a fine mural monument from the late 17th century.

Local climate

Robertson Mausoleum, Churchyard, Old High Kirk, Church Street, Inverness sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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