Field Visit
Date 13 March 2002
Event ID 613166
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613166
Coat of arms:- a burning bush flanked by winged angels. Above the bush is a dove with an olive branch in its beak and above that is Noah's Ark
This building was designed by 'Sydney Mitchell & Wilson, architects, as new offices for the United Free Church of Scotland, in place of those vacated at the Mound. The building to the first floor is of Aberdeen grey granite, above that to the wall-head the three other floors are of dressed sandstone rusticated.' (The Builder, 3 March 1911, p.270) [1]. At the end of 1910, the business of Sydney Mitchell & Wilson was taken over by E.A.O.Auldjo Jamieson, who then took charge of the work. The Builder of 5 May 1911 reports that the building cost £29,000 [2].
In 1932-33 E.A.O.Auldjo Jamieson & J.A. Arnott added an extension to the building.
God appears to Moses in a burning bush - Exodus, 3.2. The dove returns to Noah's Ark with an olive leaf - Genesis 8.11.
Inspected By : T. S.
Inscriptions : Across burning bush:
NEC TAMEN CONSUMEBATUR ( and yet it was not consumed - motto of the church of Scotland)
Signatures : None
Design period : 1909-1911 / 1932-1933
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0670)
