Field Visit
Date 28 May 2001
Event ID 612740
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612740
Coat of arms of Bartram, between first floor windows, is composed of a high-relief carving of a ram's head coming out of a crown, set in an arched panel. To either side of the arch is a bunch of grapes, and below is a ribbon carved with a motto. Above the panel is the date 1893, surmounted by a triangular pediment.
Coat of arms of Scott, between ground and first floors, is a lion's head facing left, with its tongue out; set into architectural moulding between ground and first floors.
Inscriptions : Above coat of arms of Bartram (raised letters): 1893
On ribbon below coat of arms of Bartram (raised letters): J'AVANCE
[= I advance]
On ribbon below coat of arms of Scott (incised letters): SPE VIRES AUGENTER [= strength is increased by hope]
Signatures : None Visible
Design period : 1893-1895
Year of unveiling : 1893
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0412)
