[57632] Edinburgh : Melville Monument

            Melville Monument, St Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, 1820-23.
First New Town.
Memorial to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811)
By William Burn (1789-1870).
Grade A Listed.
Statue by Robert Forrest, from a model by Francis Chantrey.

THE MELVILLE MONUMENT ERECTED IN 1823 IN MEMORY OF HENRY DUNDAS (1742-1811) FIRST VISCOUNT MELVILLE AND A DOMINANT FIGURE IN POLITICS FOR OVER FOUR DECADES. BESIDES BEING TREASURER FOR THE NAVY HE WAS LORD ADVOCATE & KEEPER OF THE SCOTTISH SIGNET. THE SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE MONUMENT WAS RAISED BY MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY. IT WAS DESIGNED BY WILLIAM BURN AND THE STATUE IS BY CHANTREY.

This fine monument adorning the garden at St Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, was erected to the memory of Henry
Dundas, Lord Melville (1742-1811), First Lord of the Admiralty under Pitt. It was designed by William Burn and modelled on Trajan’s Column, Rome. Robert Stevenson, as consulting engineer, finalised the foundations, column dimensions and superintended the erection. The column, built of Cullalo stone, is 152 ft high and about 1500 tons in weight. It was erected in 1821 using an iron balance crane of the type used by Stevenson at the Bell Rock Lighthouse. The 15 ft high statue of Melville on top by Robert Forrest was added in 1827. It comprises 15 pieces weighing 18 tons riveted together by gunmetal bolts.

   

Taken on: July 10, 2009

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