Field Visit
Date 16 August 2002
Event ID 612970
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/612970
Relief of burning bush (and inscription below) in trefoil within medallion in foliate pointed arch above entrance.
Also four label stops, two in corners with buttresses (both male, left bearded; right moustachioed); two lower and in foliage (left bearded male, right female).
The building was designed to serve as a church for the Tolbooth congregation and as the meeting hall of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Disused in 1984 it was converted by Benjamin Tindall Architects in 1995-99 to The Hub, home of the Edinburgh International Festival.
The burning bush and inscription is the emblem of the Church of Scotland.
Inspected By : D. King
Inscriptions : On ribbon below burning bush (raised letters): [NEC TAMEN] CONSUMEBATUR
Signatures : None
Design period : 1839-1844
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0551)
