Edinburgh, 3 - 7 Grassmarket
Shop(S) (19th Century), Tenement (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 3 - 7 Grassmarket
Classification Shop(S) (19th Century), Tenement (19th Century)
Canmore ID 112442
Site Number NT27SE 680
NGR NT 25265 73305
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112442
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 680 25265 73305
NT 2526 7330 A watching brief on a building conversion close to the Grassmarket in January 2006 showed that the development had successfully avoided disturbance of this very sensitive site. The standing building was of late 19th- to early 20th-century date, and did not incorporate earlier features
Archive deposited in NMRS.
Sponsor: Abbey Road LP
David Bowler, 2006.
Project (1997)
The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.
The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.
Field Visit (27 July 1999)
Above 7 Grassmarket is the Glasgow coat of arms: a shield decorated with a tree with a bird in it, and, across the trunk of the tree, a fish with a ring in its mouth. The shield is flanked by two large thistles, and is placed within a semi-circular panel.
Above 5 Grassmarket is the Edinburgh coat of arms: a shield decorated with a three-towered castle on a rock. The shield is flanked by two large thistles and is placed within a semi-circular panel.
An owl with its wings spread forms the base of the chimney support on the fourth floor.
Inscriptions : On ribbon below Glasgow coat of arms (raised letters):
LET GLASGOW FLOURISH
On ribbon below Edinburgh coat of arms (raised letters):
NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA
Signatures : None
Design period : c. 1880
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0135)
