Edinburgh, 101 Great Junction Street, Stanwell Nursery School
School (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, 101 Great Junction Street, Stanwell Nursery School
Classification School (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) 15a Junction Place; Dr Bell's School; Great Junction Street Public School
Canmore ID 149501
Site Number NT27NE 460
NGR NT 26787 76070
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/149501
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27NE 460 26787 76070
NT27NE 459 26754 76045 Dr Bell's Drama Centre (Dr Bell's School)
ARCHITECT: George Craig, 1890.
REFERENCE:
R and R Dickson.
Leith. Dr Bell's School, Great Junction Street.
Advertisement for tenders, 1838.
(Edinburgh Evening Courant, Nov 19, 1838).
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 September 2001)
Ornately canopied niche containing statue of Rev. Andrew Bell wearing the robes of a divine, and holding an open book [a Bible] in his hands.
According to 'The Buildings of Scotland, Edinburgh', Dr. Bell endowed the school in 1831. (1)
Inspected By : IC. Grant
Inscriptions : Below niche (raised numbers): 1839
On left of niche (incised letters): REV. / ANDREW BELL / DD LL.D F.R.S.E. / BORN AT ST ANDREWS / 1753 / DIED AT CHELTENHAM / 1832 / AND BURIED IN / WESTMINSTER ABBEY // AUTHOR OF THE / MADRAS SYSTEM / OF EDUCATION TO / CARRY OUT WHICH / HE FOUNDED SCHOOLS / IN LEITH AND OTHER / PLACES. THE / SYSTEM HAS NOW / BEEN SUPERCEDED / BY THE EDUCATION / GIVEN UNDER THE / EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) / ACTS 1872 TO 1873 / 1892
On right of niche, above carving of a sailing ship in a roundel (incised letters): LEITH SCHOOL BOARD
On right of niche, below sailing ship (incised letters): PERSEVERE
Below roundel (incised letters): DR / BELL'S SCHOOL / JUNCTION STREET // ERECTED 1838 // ACQUIRED FROM / THE GOVERNORS OF / BELL'S TRUST BY THE / LEITH SCHOOL BOARD / AND RECONSTRUCTED / BY THEM AS / GREAT JUNCTION STREET / PUBLIC SCHOOL / IN / 1892 / ROBERT SOMERVILLE / CHAIRMAN / ROBERT HARDIE / CLERK
Signatures : None Visible
Design period : 1838-1839
Year of unveiling : 1839
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0690)
