Harrison Memorial Arch, Observatory Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 March 1993. Triumphal arch.

Harrison Memorial Arch, Observatory Road, Edinburgh

WRENN ID: standing-timber-autumn
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: City of Edinburgh
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 19 March 1993
Type: Triumphal arch
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

A G Sydney Mitchell, 1888. Red polished ashlar triumphal arch commemorating George Harrison. Central keystoned and voussoired arch spanning road; smaller pedestrian arches to outer left and right; base course; dividing cornice over pedestrian arches; channelled stonework above; blinded balustrades to left and right of pediments.

NE ELEVATION: corniced pedestals to 4 engaged Ionic columns flanking arches; commemorative inscriptions inset above pedestrian arches; full entablature with Latin inscription in frieze (see notes); broken pediment over central archway with inset bronze roundel of Harrison.

SW ELEVATION: central pedimented archway slightly advanced; simplified entablature.

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