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Latitude: 55.925 / 55°55'29"N
Longitude: -3.2121 / 3°12'43"W
OS Eastings: 324358
OS Northings: 670873
OS Grid: NT243708
Mapcode National: GBR 8JR.VK
Mapcode Global: WH6SS.MBNP
Plus Code: 9C7RWQFQ+X5
Entry Name: Gatepiers And Railings Formerly To Morningside Cemetery, Belhaven Place
Listing Name: Belhaven Place, Gatepiers and Railings Formerly to Morningside Cemetery
Listing Date: 16 August 2007
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 399623
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB50969
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200399623
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Morningside
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
1878. Entrance gatepiers and wrought iron quadrant railings. Ornate outer piers on moulded octagonal bases, ornamental cylindrical shaft with foliage carved cap and urn finial. Railings with scrolling and floral motifs. Square-plan inner piers with plain gates.
Erected in 1878, the gatepiers and railings, which formed the eastern entrance to Morningside cemetery, are both ornate and highly decorative. They are a good example of the style of gatepiers used in the late Victorian period and are also evidence of the importance given to large municipal cemeteries and their appearance, which was an important theme of the period.
The gates no longer lead to the cemetery, development at Belhaven Terrace in the second half of the 20th century reduced the size of the cemetery and left the piers detached from the site.
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