Albert Memorial, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 March 1966. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.

Albert Memorial, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
south-quartz-meadow
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 March 1966
Type
Memorial
Address
Albert Memorial, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4HE
OS grid reference
NT 246 738
Coordinates
55.95176, -3.20767
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Albert Memorial, located in the center of Charlotte Square gardens in Edinburgh, was designed by David Bryce in 1873, with the statue created by Sir John Steell between 1870 and 1876. The memorial features a plinth made of Peterhead granite, adorned with corner groups of figures by D. W. Stevenson, Clark Stanton, and William Brodie. The third stage includes bas-reliefs by Brodie and Handyside Ritchie. At the top, there is a prominent bronze equestrian statue of Prince Albert dressed in a field marshal's uniform.

Surrounding the octagonal garden are walls and stepped embankments made of ashlar, along with cast-iron railings featuring anthemion motifs, which were added in 1947.

Local climate

Albert Memorial, Charlotte Square, 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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