Detail of finial to gable above entrance to Sugarhouse Close at 160 Canongate, Edinburgh.
DP 158604
Description Detail of finial to gable above entrance to Sugarhouse Close at 160 Canongate, Edinburgh.
Date 24/7/2013
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number DP 158604
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content This shows the crowstepped gable and star finial on top of the central bay of the mid-19th-century, three-storeyed tenement at 154-166 Canongate. This tenement has shops at ground-floor level, and a central arched pend leading to Sugarhouse Close to the rear. Below this gable, the central bay has a two-storeyed oriel window at first and second floor which projects on stone brackets above the central pend. There is a carved panel between first and second floors which comprises a lion rampant in a shield with thistles on either side and 'PRO REGE' (for King') below.
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