Field Visit
Date 10 August 2003
Event ID 613696
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/613696
Three-quarter frontal view of two-storey villa set in treed grounds. The upper storey has three windows comprised of multiple small panes. The ground floor has a front door in the centre flanked on the right by a three-paned bay window.
The house depicted in the panel was the former residence of James Grant, author of Old & New Edinburgh (1880) and 56 novels. It was demolished to make way for the current tenement.
Inspected By : S. Hurtado
Inscriptions : In frame above: 1907
On lower right of panel: Springvalley / House
Signatures : None
Design period : 1907
Year of unveiling : 1907
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1062)
