Edinburgh, 209 Balgreen Road, The Wheatsheaf Inn
Public House (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 209 Balgreen Road, The Wheatsheaf Inn
Classification Public House (20th Century)
Canmore ID 149341
Site Number NT27SW 2692
NGR NT 22272 71950
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/149341
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SW 2692 22272 71950
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 (15 March 2006)
Rectangular inn sign decorated with a large wheat-coloured wheatsheaf over which are the above words. At the top of the sign are red poppies.
Inspected By : Joan M. Kennedy
Inscriptions : On a blue background over the stalks of the wheat: THE / WHEATSHEAF / INN
Signatures : None
Design period : 1934
Year of unveiling : 1934
Unveiling details : Inn opened 24 December 1934
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0637)
Field Visit (15 March 2006)
Panel containing a cockerel standing crowing in front of the sun. The frame to right and left is carved with flowers. Below the panel is a lizard (left) and a scorpion (right) and below them, above the doorway, is a monkey's head and arm surrounded by foliage.
Inspected By : D. Lee
Inscriptions : At foot of panel:
AND . AS . THE . COCK . CREW . THOSE . WHO . STOOD . BEFORE / THE . TAVERN . SHOUTED . OPEN . THEN . THE . DOOR
Signatures : None
Design period : 1934
Year of unveiling : 1934
Unveiling details : Inn opened 24 December 1934
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0895)