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Edinburgh, Queensferry Road, Daniel Stewart's And Melville College (Main Building)
School (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Queensferry Road, Daniel Stewart's And Melville College (Main Building)
Classification School (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Stewart's Melville College; Daniel Stewart's Hospital; Ravelston Terrace; Edinburgh Institution Pupils War Memorial
Canmore ID 122192
Site Number NT27SW 908
NGR NT 23512 74095
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/122192
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- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Stewart's Melville College [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, November 2009.
NT27SW 908.01 NT 23498 74194 Library Lodge
NT27SW 908.02 NT 23500 74134 War Memorial
ARCHITECT:
David Rhind 1849-53
REFERENCE:
'Civil Engineer & Architect's Journal', Vol XV, May 1852, page 121
National Library of Scotland
REFERENCE:
'Scottish Field', article and photographs
November 1963, page 62
(copy held by NMRS)
'The Builder', 1st January 1898
(copy held by NMRS - missing at time of upgrade October 1997)
REFERENCE:
RIBA Drawings Collection
3 sketch plans
(transparencies held by NMRS - missing at time of upgrade October 1997)
REFERENCE:
Plans of Daniel Stewart's Hospital
(Held in RCAHMS Print Room)
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 (11 August 2003)
Coat of arms composed of a shield carved with a lion rampant on a fess chequy (top left), three garbs [sheaves] (bottom left), and a lion rampant on a saltire (right). A border around the shield is decorated with mullets [stars]. Above the shield is a griffin (left) and a helmeted female head (right). Below the shield is a ribbon careved with the an inscription.
Coat of arms of Daniel Stewart's and Melville College. As originally carved the shield's inner edge was scalloped, but this was removed before the opening since this element belonged to the former pupils' club coat of arms.
Inspected By : Joan M Kennedy
Inscriptions : On ribbon beneath shield (raised letters): NEVER UNPREPARED
Signatures : None
Design period : 1999
Unveiling details : Building opened 24/9/1999 by Sir Peter Heatly, CBE Dl.
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1013)
