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Rosslyn Cemetery, Including Gates, Gatepiers and Boundary Walls

A Category C Listed Building in Lasswade, Midlothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8553 / 55°51'19"N

Longitude: -3.162 / 3°9'43"W

OS Eastings: 327357

OS Northings: 663066

OS Grid: NT273630

Mapcode National: GBR 60CQ.7W

Mapcode Global: WH6T6.D3J2

Plus Code: 9C7RVR4Q+46

Entry Name: Rosslyn Cemetery, Including Gates, Gatepiers and Boundary Walls

Listing Date: 7 March 1997

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 390872

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB44178

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200390872

Location: Lasswade

County: Midlothian

Electoral Ward: Midlothian West

Parish: Lasswade

Traditional County: Midlothian

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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.

Statement of Interest

It appears that the graveyard was originally a single site, located to the lower side of the track. It is in this section that the oldest headstones appear.

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