McEwan Lantern Pillar, Bristo Square, Teviot Place, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 July 1966. Tower.

McEwan Lantern Pillar, Bristo Square, Teviot Place, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
low-solder-tide
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 July 1966
Type
Tower
OS grid reference
NT 258 731
Coordinates
55.94533, -3.18827
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The McEwan Lantern Pillar, located in Bristo Square at Teviot Place in Edinburgh, was designed by Robert Rowand Anderson around 1890. This four-stage tower is made of carved Portland stone and is set on three convex plan steps, prominently positioned in front of McEwan Hall on the south side of Bristo Square. The base section has three sides with framed panels beneath a cornice. The next stage features ornately carved foliate scrolls that separate carved panels depicting mythological scenes and a coat of arms. The third stage displays floral garlands hanging between the scrolls, which support a fluted bowl beneath a frieze of dancing cherubs. At the top, there is a tall, ornate, hexagonal cast iron architectural lantern supported by foliate and rounded brackets.

Local climate

McEwan Lantern Pillar, Bristo Square, Teviot Place, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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