Roslin Cemetery, Roslin is a Grade C listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 March 1997. Graveyard.
Roslin Cemetery, Roslin
- WRENN ID
- floating-rubblework-sepia
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1997
- Type
- Graveyard
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Late 19th- early 20th century with some headstones dating from the late 18th century. Two walled and gated graveyards on ground falling to SW and separated N-S by a track which leads to Rosslyn Castle.
UPPER GRAVEYARD: smaller; snecked, bull-faced sandstone boundary walls with stepped, castellated cope to N and shaped rubble cope to remainder. Square-plan banded bull-faced and ashlar gatepiers with polished ashlar cornice and obelisk cap. Decorative wrought-iron gates. Contains predominantly headstones from late 19th and 20th century.
LOWER GRAVEYARD: larger; snecked bull-faced sandstone boundary walls and shaped rubble cope. Square-plan bull-faced gatepiers with polished ashlar cornice and stet obelisk caps. Lower graveyard contains predominantly headstones, some wall-monuments, with several dating from the late 18th century (earliest,1782). Single storey 2-bay bull-faced sandstone, crowstepped gabled CARETAKER'S HUT to SW boundary wall: chamfered ashlar bipartite window to each bay. Grey slate roof; red clay stack to N gablehead; cast-iron rainwater goods.
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