Baikie Mausoleum, St Andrew's Burial-Ground, Hall Of Tankerness is a Grade B listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 8 December 1971. Burial vault.

Baikie Mausoleum, St Andrew's Burial-Ground, Hall Of Tankerness

WRENN ID
gaunt-column-jackdaw
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
8 December 1971
Type
Burial vault
OS grid reference
HY 523 088
Coordinates
58.96417, -2.8306
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Baikie Mausoleum, located in St Andrew's Burial-Ground at Hall of Tankerness, is possibly from the late 18th century to early 19th century, with later additions. This small, single-storey burial vault has a rectangular plan and is situated to the southwest of the hall within a rectangular walled burial ground.

The vault is constructed of coursed rubble and features a doorway with an iron gate on the west gable, along with a later heraldic panel above the gablehead. The roof is slightly curved and pitched, covered with graded flagstone.

Inside, there are mural tablets dated 1947 and 1950.

The burial ground itself is roughly rectangular and enclosed by rubble walls. It includes a stone flight of steps leading to the east wall, which has replacement iron gates. Additionally, there is a single-storey, rectangular-plan store with crowstep gables forming the northeast angle of the burial ground. This store is harl-pointed and has a stone-tiled roof.

Local climate

Baikie Mausoleum, St Andrew's Burial-Ground, Hall Of Tankerness sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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