Robert Burns Statue, Bernard Street, Leith, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 December 1974. Statue. 2 related planning applications.

Robert Burns Statue, Bernard Street, Leith, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
ragged-vestry-acorn
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 December 1974
Type
Statue
Address
Robert Burns Statue, Bernard Street, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6PX
OS grid reference
NT 272 764
Coordinates
55.97537, -3.16677
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Robert Burns Statue, located on Bernard Street in Leith, Edinburgh, was created by David Watson Stevenson in 1898. This bronze statue of the famous poet Robert Burns stands on an octagonal plinth made of red granite and red sandstone. The statue is set on a drum pedestal that features carved scrolls and four bronze bas relief panels, which are signed by D W Stevenson. These panels depict scenes from Burns' work and were presented by different sculptors.

Local climate

Robert Burns Statue, Bernard Street, Leith, 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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