Interior-detail of plaster ceiling in Second Floor West room of North Block
SC 426598
Description Interior-detail of plaster ceiling in Second Floor West room of North Block
Catalogue Number SC 426598
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of ED 3057
Scope and Content Detail of plaster ceiling in Bailie John McMorran's House, Riddle's Court, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh Bailie McMorran's house was built in the late 16th century for Bailie John McMorran, a wealthy merchant and city magistrate. It is an example of 'the gentlemen's mansions' 'obscurely found' in the closes off the Lawnmarket. The elaborate plaster ceiling in the south-east room of the house is an interesting variation on the usual theme of fruit, flowers and arabesques. It shows the thistle of Scotland, the rose of England, a crown, the cipher of Charles II and the date 1648. In 1598 Bailie McMorran's house was the scene of a lavish banquet given by the Town Council of Edinburgh for King James VI and his wife, Queen Anne of Denmark, in honour of a visit to Edinburgh by her brother, the Duke of Holstein. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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