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Latitude: 55.9525 / 55°57'8"N
Longitude: -3.1927 / 3°11'33"W
OS Eastings: 325617
OS Northings: 673914
OS Grid: NT256739
Mapcode National: GBR 8NF.SP
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.XNT3
Plus Code: 9C7RXR24+XW
Entry Name: DR David Livingstone Statue, East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
Listing Name: East Princes Street Gardens, Livingstone Monument
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 365210
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27864
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, East Princes Street Gardens, Dr David Livingstone Statue
Statue of David Livingstone, Edinburgh
ID on this website: 200365210
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: City Centre
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Statue
Amelia R Hill, 1875. Bronze pedestrian statue on stone plinth; Dr Livingstone bare-headed, booted, holding bible and stick, with lion skin and head.
Inaugurated 1876. Memorial to David Livingstone, missionary and explorer. Amelia Robertson Paton was the sister of the painter Noel Paton and wife of DO Hill, painter and pioneer of photography. Cast by R Masefield and Co Founders, London. Edinburgh Town Council became responsible for the site of East Princes Street Gardens in 1776. William Sawrey Gilpin was paid for a model and plan of a design for the area, but nothing came of it until 1829 when, under the supervision of Thomas Brown, some groundworks were done and an ornamental terrace, originally proposed by Playfair, was built along the Princes Street side. Planting of trees and shrubs was laid out for the terrace and slopes by Patrick Neill in 1830. The terrace was widened to accommodate the Scott Monument (1836-46). David Cousin 1849-50 (after construction of railway) terrace with stone balustrade, and further after the extension of Waverley Station W of Waverley Bridge in 1892.
Category changed from B to A, 19 December 2002.
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