Dugald Stewart's Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 April 1966. Monument.
Dugald Stewart's Monument, Calton Hill, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- inner-wicket-reed
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1966
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
William Henry Playfair, 1831. Neo-Greek circular monument; podium supporting open Corinthian colonnade, encircling urn. Polished ashlar. Projecting base course to podium; moulded chamfer; banded rustication to upper section of podium; architraved, recessed panel to NE, bearing inscription "DUGALD STEWART/ BORN NOVEMBER 22 1753 / DIED JUNE 11 1828". three-step crepidoma with moulded cornice to each step; to centre, circular plinth supporting urn, encircled by open colonnade of nine fluted Corinthian columns; architrave; frieze ornamented by wreaths; dentilled cornice; antefixae. Shallow domed stone roof, surmounted at centre by plumed open urn.
Railings: restored polygonal enclosure of stone piers ornamented with wreaths and cast iron railings.
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