Burial Ground Extension, Colinton Parish Church, Dell Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 19 December 1979. Churchyard.

Burial Ground Extension, Colinton Parish Church, Dell Road, Edinburgh

WRENN ID: eternal-stone-coral
Grade: B
Local Planning Authority: City of Edinburgh
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 19 December 1979
Type: Churchyard
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

Mainly 18th century. Rubble enclosure wall with ashlar

dressings, segmentally arched gateway to Dell with small

gatehouse, one window gable front, slated roof with large

ashlar end stack at rear.

Good series of family burial enclosures stepped in slope,

droved and channelled ashlar fronts, architraved pedimented

doorways, one with good wrought iron gate.

Neo-Greek unfluted distyle in antis Doric front to Inglis

vault.

Good sculptured tombstones, several from mid 18th century.

Mausoleum of James Gillespie (died 1797), channelled ashlar

pedimented front with semicircular arched entrance, stone

slabbed roof.

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