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Field Visit
Date 7 December 2000
Event ID 612684
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612684
Coat of arms of Sir James Elphingstoun impaled with those of his wife Dame Cicell Denholm: a shield carved with (on the left) two boars' heads, a chevron on which is an episcopal mitre, one boar's head [the Elphingstoun arms]; and (on the right) the head and neck of two martlets [?], a chevron, the head and neck of one martlet [?] [the Denholm arms]. Above the shield is a helmet with an open visor, surmounted by a right hand holding a quill pen. On each side is foliage
The original house was built by the Symsones [or Symsounes] of Craighouse in 1565. An extension was added in 1746.
Sir James Elphingstoun was one of the commissaries of Edinburgh and a Writer to the Signet. His wife Dame Cicell Denholm was one of the Denholms of West Shields.
Inscriptions : On ribbon at top of coat of arms: SEDULITATE
Below coat of arms: S. James Elphingstoun / D. Cicell Denholm
Signatures : None
Design period : 1746
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0376)
