Mungo Park Memorial, High Street, Selkirk is a Grade B listed building in the Scottish Borders local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 March 1971. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Mungo Park Memorial, High Street, Selkirk
- WRENN ID
- floating-screen-torch
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1971
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Mungo Park Memorial, located on High Street in Selkirk, is a significant ashlar monument designed by Andrew Currie in 1859, with bas reliefs by Thomas Clapperton added in 1905 and bronze statues introduced in 1913. The memorial is topped by a statue of Mungo Park and features a square-plan coped pedestal. The base course includes rectangular panels with cast-iron bas reliefs depicting scenes from Mungo Park's travels on the southeast and northwest elevations, while the other two elevations display carved inscriptions. At each corner of the pedestal, there are bronze statues representing Peace, War, Slavery, and Home in the Niger. The pedestal also has a battered course with a carved lion-head at each corner, leading to a panelled section that converges upward. The statue of Mungo Park is positioned to face north.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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