Field Visit
Date 22 November 1999
Event ID 612358
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612358
An angel with raised and partially spread wings and head bowed to right shoulder is holding a model of the Presbytery, whilst kneeling on left leg on what appears to be a coiled serpent. A large flowering plant rises vertically on the angel's right from a two-handled vase. The work is housed in a stepped niche.
According to Malcolm Cant in his 'Villages of Edinburgh Vol II', the church was designed in 1905 by Sir Robert Lorimer and was opened on 25 April 1907.
The idea was conceived by Fr.John Gray (Curate at St. Patrick's Church, Edinburgh) together with Andre Raffalovitch.
Gray resigned as librarian to the Foreign Office in 1901 to join the priesthood (1).
Inscriptions : None
Signatures : None
Design period : 1905-1907 (church)
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0081)
