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Field Visit
Date 30 April 2001
Event ID 612712
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612712
Six panels carved with plant-forms form three 'T' shapes above and between two windows on the ground floor at 92 Grove Street: (1) a horizontal panel carved with a branch with leaves, above a vertical panel carved with the stem of a lily; (2) a horizontal panel carved with a plant form [eroded], above a vertical panel carved with a vine branch with grapes; (3) a horizontal panel carved with a branch with leaves, above a vertical panel carved with fig leaves.
Above the door at the corner of the building is a half-length naked, bearded man with his hands on his abdomen. Below his stomach are leaves.
Between the first and second floors on the West Fountainbridge façade is an arched panel carved with a clenched right hand holding a star. Below the hand is a ribbon with motto, and to either side is foliage.
Other foliate decorations are distributed over the façade.
Inscriptions : None
Signatures : None
Design period : 1864
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0390)
