Detail of carvings on E elevation of 17th-century Garden Gateway, Moray House, 172 Canongate, Edinburgh.
DP 160524
Description Detail of carvings on E elevation of 17th-century Garden Gateway, Moray House, 172 Canongate, Edinburgh.
Date 20/8/2013
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number DP 160524
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Moray House is one of several similar 17th-century mansions which were built on Canongate by aristocrats and merchants. Dating from c.1625, it was built for Mary, Dowager Countess of Home, possibly designed by William Wallace, and in 1643 it passed to the Dowager Countess's daughter, the Countess of Moray. Further alterations and additions were carried out c.1649, 1753-4 and 1849. This ornate garden gateway can be found within garden ground between Thomson's Land (out of shot to left) and the former nursery building (out of shot to right). Dating from c.1625, it may have been moved to its present location, probably originally leading from the grounds of Moray House to the South Back of Canongate (now Holyrood Road). The gateway has square pilastered columns with a decorative open strapwork pediment with scrolls and swags. The cast-iron gate is a later addition. Moray House College of Education's origins began with the establishment of the Free Church of Scotland's Normal and Sessional School in 1848 at Moray House itself. The need for more teachers following the formalisation of education with the 1872 Education Act saw a dedicated training Department set up in 1878-9. The government took on the responsibility of educational training provision from the church in 1905. It was not until 1959 that Moray House College of Education was formally established, and it has subsequently been an associated part of Heriot Watt University before becoming the University of Edinburgh's Faculty of Education from 1998 on.
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