View of arch over entrance to Riddle's Court
SC 426595
Description View of arch over entrance to Riddle's Court
Date 8/1963
Collection Records of the Scottish National Buildings Record, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 426595
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Pend arch at Riddle's Court, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh Riddle's Court was named after George Riddell, wright and burgess of the city who lived here in the 18th century. A pend on the south side leads to an inner courtyard, Riddle's Close, enclosed on four sides by a house called Bailie McMorran's House. The pend arch is part of Bailie McMorran's House, a grand 16th-century mansion. Underneath the armorial panel, the carved inscription by S Henbest Capper reads 'Vivendo Discimis' ('we learn by living together'), the motto of Patrick Geddes. Patrick Geddes, the Victorian pioneer of town planning, opened a students' residence for Edinburgh University in Riddle's Court in 1887. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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