Detail of Burns Statue, Bernard Street, Leith, Edinburgh

HISTORIC SCOTLAND

EDINBURGH, CITY OF COUNCIL

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EDINBURGH BURGH

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HB Number 26769

Item Number: 4 U

BERNARD STREET, ROBERT BURNS STATUE
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Category: B


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Date of Listing 12-DEC-1974


Description:
David Watson Stevenson, 1898. Bronze pedestrian statue of Robert Burns. Octagonal red granite and red sandstone plinth; drum pedestal with carved scrolls and 4 bronze bas relief panels (signed D W Stevenson) with scenes from Burns' work presented by different Sculptors.

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Notes:
The statue was cast by J W Singer & Sons and erected in 1898 by the Leith Burns Club. Group with Nos 1-31, 2-18 Bernard Street, 29-43 Constitution Street.