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Baikie Library
A faithfully preserved 19th-century room within the Orkney Museum at Tankerness House, giving a vivid sense of daily domestic life when the Baikie family lived here.
Baikie Drawing Room
Remodelled in 1820 for James Baikie, 8th Laird of Tankerness, this room within the Orkney Museum evokes the genteel domestic atmosphere of a 19th-century Orcadian household.
Broad Street Arched Gateway
A carved stone archway built in 1574 by Archdeacon Gilbert Foulzie, forming the main entrance from Broad Street into the Tankerness House courtyard.
Courtyard
The architectural heart of Tankerness House, enclosed on all four sides by the building's wings and reached through a carved stone arch facing St Magnus Cathedral.
- 1.Baikie Library
- 2.Baikie Drawing Room
- 3.Broad Street Arched Gateway
- 4.Courtyard
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