Field Visit
Date 21 August 2002
Event ID 613428
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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Overdoor strapwork with central cartouche relief of a burning bush (within a rope circle) above central entrance. Thistle decoration in square panels each side. Date stone below. Small obelisks either side.
Window pediments contain heraldic emblems including a lion rampant shield.
Inspected By : D. King
Inscriptions : Above door (raised letters): FREE . CHURCH OF . SCOTLAND
On ribbon flanking bush, each end of the ribbon held in the beak of an eagle's head (raised letters): NEC TAMEN CONSUMEBATUR
In spandrels above door, among ivy leaves: FC (left) and 1843 (right)
Among strapwork, freestanding stone: F and C
On central stone above door (raised entwined numbers): 1860
On keystone (raised letters): OFFICES
Signatures : [Architects entwined initials in cartouche above recessed ground floor window on right by Milne's Court steps.]
Design period : 1858-1863
Year of unveiling : c.1860
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0905)
