Edinburgh, 70 - 71 Princes Street, Edinburgh Cafe
Cafe (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 70 - 71 Princes Street, Edinburgh Cafe
Classification Cafe (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Crawford's Cafe
Canmore ID 116266
Site Number NT27SE 1207
NGR NT 25417 73911
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/116266
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Architect: Hippolyte J Blanc
NMRS Reference
RIBA Drawings Collection, Hippolyte J Blanc 1886 - 1898, 54 sheets of drawings.
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 (15 May 2002)
On top of the gable is a lion sejant (3-dimensional), holding a shield decorated with a lion rampant. In a round panel in the centre of the gable are the Edinburgh arms (a 3-towered castle on a rock flanked by a maiden (dexter) and a hind (sinister) with, above, an anchor). At the top of this panel is a keystone mask. Below the panel is carved foliage.
Either side of the 2nd floor bay window is an oval panel. The panel on the left (W.) is carved with a 3-towered castle on a rock [Edinburgh], that on the right (E.) is carved with a lion rampant.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : On Edinburgh arms:
NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA
Signatures : None
Design period : 1886
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0953)
