Edinburgh, 137 Dundee Street, Fountainbridge Public Library
Library (20th Century), Public Hall (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 137 Dundee Street, Fountainbridge Public Library
Classification Library (20th Century), Public Hall (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Murdoch Terrace
Canmore ID 144603
Site Number NT27SW 1787
NGR NT 23994 72569
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/144603
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
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 (12 March 2001)
Panel above entrance, carved with a stylised fountain in a lunette framed between architectural forms.
Inscriptions : FOUNTAINBRIDGE
19 39
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Signatures : None
Design period : 1938
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0382)
Field Visit (10 March 2001)
Panel decorated with a half-length bearded man carrying a flaming torch in one hand and a book in the other.
The panel forms part of a frieze which runs along both facades.
Inscriptions : None
Signatures : None
Design period : 1938
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0383)
Field Visit (12 March 2001)
Frieze of metal panels, the central one on the east façade is figurative, the rest repeat stylised plant forms.
The central panel shows a man behind a desk dispatching books. To the left is a man with his back turned to the viewer, wearing a cap and holding a book. To the right is a child holding a book and a woman receiving a book from the librarian.
Inscriptions : None
Signatures : None
Design period : 1938
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0384)
