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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT27SW 2692 22272 71950

Activities

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)

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