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War Memorial, High Street, Peebles

A Category B Listed Building in Peebles, Scottish Borders

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Latitude: 55.6516 / 55°39'5"N

Longitude: -3.189 / 3°11'20"W

OS Eastings: 325275

OS Northings: 640424

OS Grid: NT252404

Mapcode National: GBR 6352.DW

Mapcode Global: WH6V4.Z6LR

Plus Code: 9C7RMR26+J9

Entry Name: War Memorial, High Street, Peebles

Listing Name: High Street, Chambers Institution, War Memorial

Listing Date: 29 March 1995

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 384770

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB39181

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200384770

Location: Peebles

County: Scottish Borders

Town: Peebles

Electoral Ward: Tweeddale West

Traditional County: Peeblesshire

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Description

B N H Orphoot, 1922. Hexagonal ogee-domed classical pavilion war memorial with round-arched arcading to 3 sides built into E wall of Chambers Institution courtyard. Cream sandstone ashlar.

Round-arched keystoned openings divided by shallow pilasters, entablature, inscriptions to friezes. Dentilled eaves cornice with

tall blocking course and squat dies above pilasters with swagged urn finials. Ogival copped dome with protruding ribs surmounted by open columned cupola with fishscale lead dome with ball finial.

INTERIOR: tall celtic-type cross with multi-coloured mosaic inlay; 3 panels with inscriptions to walls with mosaic borders; interior of dome gold-coloured (?) tiles.

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