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Robert Burns Statue, Bernard Street, Leith, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Leith, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9754 / 55°58'31"N

Longitude: -3.1668 / 3°10'0"W

OS Eastings: 327283

OS Northings: 676435

OS Grid: NT272764

Mapcode National: GBR 8V5.1H

Mapcode Global: WH6SM.B28J

Plus Code: 9C7RXRGM+57

Entry Name: Robert Burns Statue, Bernard Street, Leith, Edinburgh

Listing Name: Bernard Street, Robert Burns Statue

Listing Date: 12 December 1974

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 363576

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB26769

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, Leith, Bernard Street, Robert Burns Statue

ID on this website: 200363576

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Leith

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Statue

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Description

David Watson Stevenson, 1898. Bronze pedestrian statue of Robert Burns. Octagonal red granite and red sandstone plinth; drum pedestal with carved scrolls and 4 bronze bas relief panels (signed D W Stevenson) with scenes from Burns? work presented by different Sculptors.

Statement of Interest

The statue was cast by J W Singer & Sons and erected in 1898 by the Leith Burns Club. Group with Nos 1-31, 2-18 Bernard Street, 29-43 Constitution Street.

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