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Field Visit
Date 19 September 2002
Event ID 612880
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612880
At the top of the end blocks (Nos 2 and10) are sphinxes (one on each block), facing out (W.and E.). Below each sphinx is a cow's skull with a festoon of foliage below, attached to its horns. In bays 1,3, 5 and 7 of the central block, above first floor windows, are medallions, each containing a female head in low relief. (1 and 7 are the same, 3 and 5 are the same). In the central bay above the first floor windows is an arched pediment containing a vase and foliage carved in low relief. The central block has attached columns running through first and second floors (x8). Each capital has three lion heads in it (24 in total)
[Statues were meant to stand on the pediment (B of S, p.294) (1)]
Inspected By : T.S
Inscriptions : None
Signatures : None
Design period : Designed 1791 / Built 1793-1805
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0499)
