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Thomas Guthrie Statue, West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9508 / 55°57'2"N

Longitude: -3.2026 / 3°12'9"W

OS Eastings: 324996

OS Northings: 673740

OS Grid: NT249737

Mapcode National: GBR 8LG.R9

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.SP3D

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ2W+8W

Entry Name: Thomas Guthrie Statue, West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh

Listing Name: West Princes Street Gardens, Thomas Guthrie Monument

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 365204

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27858

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Edinburgh, West Princes Street Gardens, Thomas Guthrie Statue

ID on this website: 200365204

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

FW Pomeroy, 1910. Robed, standing Portland stone figure with one hand on the shoulder of a boy, the other holding a bible, on tall corniced pedestal with wreaths, torus moulding and inscriptions.

Statement of Interest

The A Group comprises The Allan Ramsay Monument, The Cottage, Dr Guthrie's Monument, The Police Box, The Ross Fountain, The Royal Scots Greys Monument, The Royal Scots Memorial, The Scottish American Memorial, The Shelters, The Simpson Monument, The Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial and The Statuary Group, all in West Princes Street Gardens. Dr Guthrie was a preacher and philanthrophist, founder of the Ragged Schools. West Princes Street Gardens were laid out by James Skene for the Princes Street proprietors circa 1820. In 1866 John Dick Peddie produced a plan, shown in 2 water-colours entitled 'the Athens of the North,' one looking NE across E Princes Street Gardens, showing Calton Hill with a completed National Monument/Parthenon, and the other, looking W across W Princes Street Gardens, showing the Gardens as a 'Walhalla' with a broad terrace with monuments and mausolea, fountains and a winter garden. The gardens were acquired by the city in 1876 and further landscaped by Robert Morham.

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