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Edinburgh, 174 Canongate, Moray House, Summerhouse
Summerhouse (17th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 174 Canongate, Moray House, Summerhouse
Classification Summerhouse (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Moray House College Of Education Summerhouse
Canmore ID 194480
Site Number NT27SE 29.03
NGR NT 26460 73657
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/194480
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Publication Account (1951)
THE PAVILION.
The Pavilion or summer-house, the traditional scene of the signing of the Treaty of Union, stands against the E. boundary-wall near the S. end of the property. Built of rubble and covered with a pantiled roof, it is oblong on plan and has recently been restored. The entrance is centred in the front between two windows, and there is a single window in each of the sides. All these openings are round-arched and their margins are rusticated, as are the quoins. Over each of the two W. corners rises a gorged lion-sejant supporting a shield; the N.W. shield is surmounted by a coronet and exhibits a monogram of the initials M H. The enriched plaster ceiling inside is quite modern.
RCAHMS 1951
