Field Visit
Date 16 August 2002
Event ID 612938
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612938
Stone inscribed panel with carved angel's head and wing on either side, with a swag of fruit and flowers between them running through lower corners of plaque.
Thomas Moodie left money in 1649 for building a church in the Grassmarket.
Inspected By : D.King
Inscriptions : On cartouche at bottom of coat of arms (gilded letters): T.M.
On plaque (gilded letters): IN 1688 KING JAMES VII / ORDAINED THAT THE MORTIFICATION / OF THOS. MOODIE GRANTED IN 1649 TO / BUILD A CHURCH SHOULD BE APPLIED / TO THE ERECTION OF THIS STRUCTURE
Signatures : None
Design period : 1688-1691
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0535)
