Baird Smith Memorial is a Grade C listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 4 October 2006. Memorial.

Baird Smith Memorial

WRENN ID
rooted-wattle-ivory
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
4 October 2006
Type
Memorial
OS grid reference
NT 302 661
Coordinates
55.88331, -3.11723
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Baird Smith Memorial, built around 1861, is a tribute to Dr. Richard Smith and his son Richard Baird Smith. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a tall, ornately carved Celtic cross. The cross is inset with bronze roundels that display bas relief profiles and rises from double sarcophagi. The memorial is set on a large square plinth that includes a carved frieze, shields adorned with Masonic symbols, and rope-mould edging. Surrounding the memorial is a stepped paved area, complemented by a dwarf boundary wall and railings.

Local climate

Baird Smith Memorial receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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