diff --git a/ui/core/app/components/error/message.hbs b/ui/core/app/components/error/message.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90c471554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/core/app/components/error/message.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<Rose::Message @title={{t (concat "errors." this.messageCode ".title")}} @subtitle={{concat (t "errors.titles.error") " " this.status}} @icon={{this.icon}} as |message|>
+  <message.description>{{t (concat "errors." this.messageCode ".description")}}</message.description>
+  {{#if this.helpRoute}}
+    <message.link @route={{this.helpRoute}}>{{t "actions.help"}}</message.link>
+  {{/if}}
+</Rose::Message>
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diff --git a/ui/core/app/components/error/message.js b/ui/core/app/components/error/message.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21b362c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/core/app/components/error/message.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import Message from 'rose/components/rose/message';
+import { computed } from '@ember/object';
+
+/*
+ * Helpful error booleans are attached based on the error status code:
+ *
+ *   - 401 - `error.isUnauthenticated`:  the session isn't authenticated
+ *   - 403 - `error.isForbidden`:  the session is authenticated but does not have
+ *            permission to perform the requested action
+ *   - 404 - `error.isNotFound`:  the requested resource could not be found
+ *   - 500 - `error.isServer`:  an internal server error occurred
+ *
+ * For an unknown error state, i.e error state not matching to the above defined list:
+ *   - unknown - `error.isUnknown`:  an error occurred, but we don't know which or
+ *            we don't distinguish it yet
+ */
+
+const statuses = ['401', '403', '404', '500'];
+
+export default class ErrorMessageComponent extends Message {
+  // =methods
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an icon for error status.
+   * @return {string}
+   */
+  @computed('status')
+  get icon() {
+    switch (this.status) {
+      case '401':
+      case '403':
+        return 'disabled';
+      case '404':
+        return 'help-circle-outline';
+      default:
+        return 'alert-circle-outline';
+    }
+  }
+
+  // TODO: Enable when help documentation can be linked in.
+  /**
+   * Returns an route string for help text in message.
+   * @return {string}
+   */
+  // get helpRoute() {
+  //   return 'index'
+  // }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns 'unknown' status code when provided error status
+   * isn't part of predefined statuses.
+   * @return {string}
+   */
+  @computed('status')
+  get messageCode() {
+    let messageCode = this.status;
+    if(!statuses.includes(messageCode)) messageCode = 'unknown';
+    return messageCode;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/error.hbs b/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/error.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d56c81ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/error.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{{title (t "errors.titles.error") }}
+<Rose::Layout::Centered>
+  {{#each @model.errors as |error|}}
+    <Error::Message @status={{error.status}}/>
+  {{/each}}
+</Rose::Layout::Centered>
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diff --git a/ui/core/mirage/config.js b/ui/core/mirage/config.js
index e7044298f..399d7f03e 100644
--- a/ui/core/mirage/config.js
+++ b/ui/core/mirage/config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import config from '../config/environment';
 import { authHandler, deauthHandler } from './route-handlers/auth';
-//import { Response } from 'miragejs';
+// Uncomment to use in simulating error responses
+// import { Response } from 'miragejs';
 
 export default function() {
 
@@ -292,4 +293,18 @@ export default function() {
     }
     return target.update(updatedAttrs);
   });
+
+  /* Uncomment the following line and the Response import above
+   * Then change the response code to simulate error responses.
+   * this.get('/scopes', () => new Response(505));
+   *
+   * Update error payload to simulate specific error responses.
+   */
+  // this.get('/host-catalogs', () => new Response(404));
+  // this.get('/scopes/:id', () => new Response(505, {}, {
+  //   errors: [{
+  //     status: 505,
+  //     message: 'HTTP version not supported.',
+  //   }]
+  // }));
 }
diff --git a/ui/core/tests/integration/components/error/message-test.js b/ui/core/tests/integration/components/error/message-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2671c9b7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/core/tests/integration/components/error/message-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupRenderingTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+import { render, find } from '@ember/test-helpers';
+import { hbs } from 'ember-cli-htmlbars';
+
+module('Integration | Component | error/message', function (hooks) {
+  setupRenderingTest(hooks);
+
+  test('it renders predefined message for known error status', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<Error::Message @status='401' />`);
+    assert.equal(
+      find('.rose-message-title').textContent.trim(),
+      'You are not signed in'
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      find('.rose-message-subtitle').textContent.trim(),
+      'Error 401'
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      find('.rose-message-description').textContent.trim(),
+      'You are not authenticated. Please authenticate and try again later.'
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('it renders default error for unknown error status', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<Error::Message @status='599' />`);
+    assert.equal(
+      find('.rose-message-title').textContent.trim(),
+      'Something went wrong'
+    );
+    assert.equal(find('.rose-message-subtitle').textContent.trim(), 'Error 599');
+    assert.equal(
+      find('.rose-message-description').textContent.trim(),
+      'Please contact your administrator or try again later.'
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/core/translations/en-us.yaml b/ui/core/translations/en-us.yaml
index e458c2b50..fdfb779f9 100644
--- a/ui/core/translations/en-us.yaml
+++ b/ui/core/translations/en-us.yaml
@@ -158,19 +158,24 @@ form:
     current_password: Current Password
     new_password: New Password
 errors:
+  401:
+    title: You are not signed in
+    description: You are not authenticated. Please authenticate and try again later.
+  403:
+    title: You are not authorized
+    description: You must be granted permissions to view this data. Ask your administrator if you think you should have access.
+  404:
+    title: Resource not found
+    description: We could not find the requested resource. You can ask your administrator or try again later.
+  500:
+    title: Server error
+    description: We ran into a problem and could not continue. You can ask your administrator or try again later.
+  unknown:
+    title: Something went wrong
+    description: Please contact your administrator or try again later.
   titles:
-    unauthenticated-error: You are not signed in
-    forbidden-error: You are not authorized
-    notfound-error: Resource not found
-    server-error: Server error
-    unknown-error: Something went wrong
     authentication-failed: Authentication Failed
-  descriptions:
-    unauthenticated-error: You are not authenticated. Please authenticate and try again later.
-    forbidden-error: You must be granted permissions to view this data. Ask your administrator if you think you should have access.
-    notfound-error: We could not find the requested resource. You can ask your administrator or try again later.
-    server-error: We ran into a problem and could not continue. You can ask your administrator or try again later.
-    unknown-error: Please contact your administrator or try again later.
+    error: Error
 notify:
   create-success: Created succesfully.
   save-success: Saved succesfully.