Edinburgh, 182 Canongate, St John's Close
Tenement (18th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 182 Canongate, St John's Close
Classification Tenement (18th Century)
Canmore ID 255003
Site Number NT27SE 5486
NGR NT 26322 73731
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/255003
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
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 (3 April 2002)
Low relief carving of a St Andrew's cross with a lion rampant superimposed looking left. Below cross and lion is an inscription. The surface of the cross is textured.
Gordon & Dey were the architects of the 1955 restoration.
Inspected By : A. Taubman
Inscriptions : On panel below cross (raised letters): THIS . BVILDING . NOW . A . PART . OF / MORAY . HOVSE . COLLEGE . WAS / ERECTED . 1755 . RESTORED . 1955
Signatures : None
Design period : Building of 1755, restored 1955
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1034)