Edinburgh, 17, 19, 19a Hill Street, Edinburgh Lodge 1
Hall (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 17, 19, 19a Hill Street, Edinburgh Lodge 1
Classification Hall (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mary's Chapel; Masonic Lodge 1; Bath Club
Canmore ID 113383
Site Number NT27SW 397
NGR NT 24992 74037
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113383
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Architect: George Angus 1825
See Collections Page for Ferguson Sketch Book (SK/Ferg/16) Ink sketch of column insc; 'WLF. 2.10.09. Detail of Porch, No:19. Hill Street. EDINBURGH.'
REFERENCE - Information from Helen Smaile, NGS 1994
'Edinburgh Drawing Institution
19 Hill Street, Edinburgh
Statement by the Directors of the Edinburgh Drawing Institution explanatory of the Object and General System of Instruction to be pursued in that Establishment (Edinburgh 1825)
pp12-13 'After some lapse of time, we succeeded in obtaining a very central and eligible situation in Hill Street, where we shall be enabled to have one room of fifty-four feet by thirty, lighted from the top by a range of sky-lights; an apartment for the permanent exhibition of the works of pupils; a room for the Masters; with suitable accomodation for the Matron of the Establishment...'
The Directors of the new Institution had first approached the Board of Trustees for Manufactures via Lord Meadowbank to enquire whether they might lease, on a temporary basis, the premises of the Trustees' Academy at 5 Picardy Place. The Trustees Academy was about to be transferred to the new Royal Institution Building on Princes Street. Negotiations between the two parties seem to have ended inconclusively. See John Mason's article, 'The Edinburgh School of Design' in The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club vol XXVII 1949 p 67 ff.
Copy in the National Library of Scotland; also in Edinburgh University Library
Project (1997)
The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.
The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.
Field Visit (19 September 2002)
A six-pointed star within a circle, both containing masons' marks and letters. Outside the circle are more symbols and the numbers 1 8 9 3. All decoration is incised.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : In incised letters painted gold, above entrance:
THE LODGE OF EDINBURGH
(MARY'S CHAPEL) No. 1
Wooden doors carved in top outer corners:
1599 1924 (each flanked by mason's marks)
Signatures : None
Design period : 1893
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0801)
Field Visit (19 September 2002)
Cube-shape lamp made of painted glass. The front (S. side) is decorated with a compass and set square on a blue spiky-edged background on a black circle. On the sides (W. and E.) are Roman numerals against an orange spiky-edged background. The lamp is attached to a metal bracket in the shape of a forearm and hand holding a metal rope.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : On sides of lamp: XIX
Signatures : None
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0802)
Field Visit (19 September 2002)
Metal window grille composed of thistles and masons' marks.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : On plaque attached to wall above grille:
THIS GRILLE WAS PRESENTED TO THE / LODGE OF EDINBURGH (MARY'S CHAPEL No.1 / BY THE LIVING PAST MASTERS OF THE LODGE / IN 1924. DR D. L. G. RADFORD, R.W.M. / AND WAS UNVEILED BY / THE RT. HON. THE EARL OF STAIR / MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND MASTER MASON OF SCOTLAND / WHO WAS ADMITTED AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE LODGE / 10TH FEBRUARY 1925 / BRO. THOS. McGRA[ ] [ ] BRO. THOS. BOGLE FECT.
Signatures : Masons' marks are incorporated into the grille
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0803)