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Edinburgh, West Princes Street Gardens, Thomas Guthrie Statue
Statue (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, West Princes Street Gardens, Thomas Guthrie Statue
Classification Statue (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Thomas Guthrie Monument
Canmore ID 116837
Site Number NT27SW 614
NGR NT 24996 73740
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/116837
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SW 614 24996 73740
Statue of Thomas Guthrie DD [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, September 2009.
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 (4 October 2000)
Standing figure of Thomas Guthrie with a ragged boy and a Bible, on a pedestal decorated with wreaths (one on each side).
Inscriptions : On front of pedestal (facing Castle Street):
THOMAS GUTHERIE / D.D. / PREACHER - PHILANTHROPIST / 1803 - 1873
On east side:
BORN AT BRECHIN / FORFARSHIRE. / MINISTER SUCCESSIVELY OF ARBILOT / AND OF GREYFRIARS / AND ST JOHN'S PARISH CHURCHES, / AND OF FREE ST JOHN'S CHURCH / IN THIS CITY
On west side:
AN ELOQUENT PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL / FOUNDER OF / THE EDINBURGH ORIGINAL RAGGED / INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS, / AND BY TONGUE AND PEN, / THE APOSTLE OF THE MOVEMENT ELSEWHERE / ONE OF / THE EARLIEST TEMPERANCE REFORMERS / A FRIEND OF THE POOR / AND THE OPPRESSED.
Signatures : On east side of statue plinth:
F.W. POMEROY A.R.A
SCULPTOR 1910
Design period : 1907 - 1910
Year of unveiling : 1910
Unveiling details : 3 October 1910
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0181)
Photographic Survey (1 October 2008)
Designed by F W Pomeroy, 1910.
Thomas Guthrie was a minister and one of the leaders of the Free Church of Scotland, closley associated with philanthropy, including the creation of ragged schools.
Photographed by the Threatened Buildings Survey as part of the wider survey of structures in Princes Street Gardens.
RCAHMS (CAJS) 2012.
