Royal Arch

Royal Arch

The Royal Arch was erected in Dundee between 1849 and 1853 to commemorate a visit to the city by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1844.

The Royal Arch, (often described as being in the "Anglo-Norman" style), comprised of a large, triumphal arch, flanked by two smaller side arches, and surmounted by two central turrets. It was 80ft across. Costing somewhere between £2,270.00 and £3,000.00, it was mostly funded by public subscription and harbour trustees. It was situated at the King William IV Dock on the south side of Dock Street between the junctions of Castle Street, and Whitehall Crescent.

After winning a design competition, John Thomas Rochead designed the permanent sandstone monument to replace the original wooden one, (designed by harbour engineer James Leslie), that had been erected for the Royal visit on the 11th September 1844. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were on a visit to Lord Glenlyon and the Duke of Atholl, and landed under the Royal Arch. They returned and embarked for London on the 1st October 1844.

This was the first visit by a monarch to the city since the 17th century.

The Royal Arch, (also known as Victoria Arch), was demolished in early 1964, as part of the land reclamation scheme, and to make way for the construction of the Tay Road Bridge. On the 16th March 1964, it was dynamited, and the remains were thrown into both the King William IV and the Earl Grey Docks. Afterwards, the docks were land filled to accommodate the slip roads for the new Tay Road Bridge.

John Thomas Rochead also designed the Wallace Monument near Stirling, Scotland.

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cite web
title=Royal Arch, Dundee
publisher= Dundee City Council
year= 2002
url=http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk/photodb/wc0555.htm
author= unknown

cite web
title=Royal Arch, Dundee Docks
publisher= Dictionary of Scottish Architects
year= 2006
url=http://www.codexgeo.co.uk/dsa/building_full.php?id=M014989
author=

cite web
title=Royal Arch, Dundee Docks
publisher= Gazetteer for Scotland
year= 2004
url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp;jsessionid=C7BAD18FD54ECFA34B9C625ADC7935B3?text_id=106850&word=NULL
author=Frances Groome


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