Alternative Names St John Street; Moray House; Moray House Childrens Nursery School
Site type SCHOOL
Canmore ID 194486
Site Number NT27SE 1756.02
NGR NT 26374 73678
Council EDINBURGH, CITY OF
Parish EDINBURGH (EDINBURGH, CITY OF)
Former Region LOTHIAN
Former District CITY OF EDINBURGH
Former County MIDLOTHIAN

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Notes and Activities

1997 to January 2010

PROJECT

Notes 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.
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.

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8 August 2002

FIELD VISIT

Project Public Monuments and Sculpture Association: Edinburgh

Notes Two seated headless figures 'face' each other across a long wooden 'wall'. The figures' limbs are truncated at the wrist on left arms, and above the elbow on right arms (on partner's side); legs are truncated below the knees. The sculpture is positioned with the female figure facing into the room and the male turned towards the outside windows.
Inspected By : D. King
Inscriptions : On plaque on wooden plinth below sculpture:
BRONZE & ROSEWOOD - DAVID T. MILLER F.R.B.S / Presented to the Staff of / Moray House College of Education / by / Dr. W. B. Inglis O.B.E. / on the occasion of his retiral as Principal / 1966
Signatures : None
Design period : 1966
Year of unveiling : 1966
Unveiling details : 1966
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1036)


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