Calton New Burial Ground, Calton Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 April 1966. Burial ground, watchtower, boundary walls. 2 related planning applications.
Calton New Burial Ground, Calton Road, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- veiled-arch-cream
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1966
- Type
- Burial ground, watchtower, boundary walls
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Opened 1820. Large, regularly planned, terraced graveyard, situated on sloping site on Calton Hill with fine examples of 18th and 19th century gravestones in a variety of styles (see Notes). Monuments include roofless Classical lairs, Gothic gravestones, obelisks, table stones, including one with relief sculpture of Wisdom consoling Misfortune.
WATCHTOWER: (NT 26587 74009): 1820. 3-storey circular, battlemented watch tower. Squared and coursed rubble with ashlar margins. Band courses. Some segmental-arched window openings to 3rd storey. Cantilevered, external stone curved staircase with metal banister, leading to entrance on 3rd storey. Polygonal stacks. Some windows boarded. Fire damaged.
BOUNDARY WALLS: to all sides. Tall, rubble walls with square-plan gate piers to NW with low, pyramidal caps.
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