Gordon Tomb, Burial Ground, Old Parish Church, Bellie is a Grade A listed building in the Moray local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 26 January 1971. Mausoleum.
Gordon Tomb, Burial Ground, Old Parish Church, Bellie
- WRENN ID
- keen-parapet-shade
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Moray
- Constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1971
- Type
- Mausoleum
- OS grid reference
- NJ 353 609
- Coordinates
- 57.63416, -3.08473
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Gordon Tomb is a square classical mausoleum located in the burial ground of the Old Parish Church in Bellie. Designed by William Robertson and built between 1825 and 1826, it features a colonnade of 12 Ionic columns that support an entablature. The entablature has raised armorial panels on the east and west sides, each topped with a swagged urn. Inside the mausoleum, there are two small sarcophagi; one is uninscribed, while the other is dated 1834 and has an inscription.
Local climate
Gordon Tomb, Burial Ground, Old Parish Church, Bellie sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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