Alternative Names Edinburgh Savings Bank; H M Commissary Office; Presbytery Hall; The Mound; New College
Site type OFFICE(S), THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE
Canmore ID 254909
Site Number NT27SE 5473
NGR NT 25506 73606
Council EDINBURGH, CITY OF
Parish EDINBURGH (EDINBURGH, CITY OF)
Former Region LOTHIAN
Former District CITY OF EDINBURGH
Former County MIDLOTHIAN

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Architectural Notes

NT27SW 5473 25506 73606

NT27SW 655 25515 73616 15 North Bank Street (Free Church of Scotland College and offices)

ARCHITECT: David Cousin c1858
James Matthews (?) -design for new building 1858

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.

Further details

21 August 2002

FIELD VISIT

Project Public Monuments and Sculpture Association: Edinburgh

Notes Square relief panel of lion rampant above high window. Part of decorative scheme with scrollwork, panels and dates above other windows. Thistles and rose motifs repeated on building to left.
Inspected By : D. King
Inscriptions : None Visible
Signatures : None Visible
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0907)


Further details

Books and References

Edinburgh, Free Church offices (1860) {Edinburgh, Free Church offices} National Security Savings Bank and offices of the Free Church, Edinburgh, The Builder, vol.18, 929 (24 November 1860)
Page(s): 753 Held at RCAHMS D.8.41.FRE.P

Gifford, McWilliam and Walker, J, C and D (1984) Edinburgh, The Buildings of Scotland series Harmondsworth
Page(s): 179, 196 Held at RCAHMS Quick

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