South Queensferry, High Street, 17 West Terrace, Rosebery Memorial Hall
Hall (19th Century)
Site Name South Queensferry, High Street, 17 West Terrace, Rosebery Memorial Hall
Classification Hall (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Town Hall
Canmore ID 237350
Site Number NT17NW 248
NGR NT 12955 78348
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/237350
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Dalmeny
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County West Lothian
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 (8 October 2002)
Rosebery Hall, a public hall, reading room, library and recreation rooms, erected by Lord Rosebery in memory of his wife, Countess of Rosebery (1851-90). On the facade is a date stone in a triangular pediment above main N. facing window; above the entrance is an inscription panel. Above this is a semi-circular panel containing thistles carved in relief.
Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847-1929); Hannah Countess of Rosebery (1851-1890)
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : In pediment above first floor window (raised numbers): 1893
In pediment above door (raised letters):
IN MEMORY / OF / HANNAH / COUNTESS of ROSEBERY / [ ] 1890
[The missing part of the inscription is NOV. 19, the date of the Countess of Rosebery's death]
Signatures : None
Design period : 1891-1893
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1145)