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Publication Account
Date 1951
Event ID 1096168
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1096168
No. 224 Houses in Leith (part).
The tenement numbered 16-20 The Shore is so similar to Numbers 8-14 to the N. that it may likewise be ascribed to Mylne without hesitation. It has, however, a moulded cornice above the ground floor, and below some evidence of a columnar treatment, which has been almost wholly obliterated by. the construction of shops. From the second floor upwards, the tenement has been rebuilt. The entrance to Number 20 has a moulded doorway, inscribed on the frieze: CHRISTUS [REX] REGUM, QUI NON DORMITA[T I]N AEVVM PROTEGAT HANC AEDEM, NECNON SIN[E] CRIMINEPLEBEM ("May Christ, King of Kings, who sleepeth not for all time to come, keep this house in safety and its people free from sin"). A shallow, rectangular oriel-window of ashlar is set out over the doorway on modern metal brackets, which replace the original supports; it has a single large light with a moulded margin in front, and at each side a smaller light checked for shutters.
RCAHMS 1951, visited c.1941
