Field Visit
Date 17 October 2002
Event ID 613222
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613222
Double gates at north and south ends of forecourt. Each gate is decorated with St Andrew and his cross in front of a [sun?]. Below is a thistle and below that a row of tassels attached to quilted 'material' decorated with a thistle. Around St Andrew are roses and thistles and foliate scrollwork. At each of the four corners of the upper panel is a lion's head. The overmantel is decorated with a shield bearing the lion rampant (bottom), the monogram of Geroge IV (centre) and a lion sejant affronte (on top of a crown) holding a sword and sceptre (top). Below the lion is a rose, to either side is a thistle.
J. Starkie Gardner was director of ironwork.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : None
Signatures : None
Design period : 1920-1922
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0716)
