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Edinburgh, Dell Road, Colinton Parish Church
Church (20th Century), Sundial (17th Century), Tower (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Dell Road, Colinton Parish Church
Classification Church (20th Century), Sundial (17th Century), Tower (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) St. Cuthbert's Church
Canmore ID 51762
Site Number NT26NW 2
NGR NT 21572 69140
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51762
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT26NW 2.00 21572 69140.
NT26NW 2.01 21558 69130 Burial ground
NT26NW 2.02 21561 69195 Burial ground extension
For modern cemetery see NT26NW 439.00
(NT 2157 6913) Colinton church was moved to its present position in 1626; in all probability there had been a burial ground there previously (W Lockhart 1883). It was rebuilt in 1771 and again in 1907 (H Scott 1915). On its SW angle is a tubular sundial bearing the date 1630 and the Foulis arms.
There is a fragment of a medieval grave-slab at the entrance to the church.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1914
Colinton church is in use. The sundial and coat of arms are still to be seen but the medieval grave-slab has been removed.
Visited by OS (BS) 4 December 1975
NT26NW 2.00 21572 69140
NT26NW 2.01 21598 69098 Churchyard
NT26NW 2.02 21591 69083 War Memorial
See also NT26NW 167 21574 69091 Lodge
Architect, David Bryce - Tower 1837.
Sydney Mitchell (Sydney Mitchell and Wilson) finished 1908.
S.N.B.R:
Feguson Sketch Book, No 16.
One page in pencil.
S.N.B.R:
S.M.T Magazine, November 1950.
Article.
Field Visit (10 July 1914)
Sundial and Fragment of Grave-slab, Colinton Parish Church.
This church, built in 1773 (1) and recently restored, has on its southwest angle a tabular dial on which the gnomon springs from an incised sun. Below the dial is a panel containing a shield charged with three laurel leaves, for Foulis, and flanked by the date 1630; the top of the dial is inscribed SIR JAMES FOULLES (2).
At the entrance to the church is a fragment of a medieval grave-slab, 2 feet 11 inches in present length, which tapers in width from 18 ½ inches at top to 15 ½ inches. The margin is defined by a bead, and within this is carved a shaft with a cross-head of four impinging penannular rings in relief within a recessed circular panel. On the sinister side of the shaft is a sword.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 10 July 1914.
(1) Stat. Acct., xix, p. 581; (2) See No. 16 (Cockpen House).
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 October 2001)
Horizontal gravestone carved with a skull and crossbones (top), a cherub/angel (at each side at the top), a figure of a woman carrying a book (at each side in the middle), an hour glass (at each side at the bottom), a figure of a child (at each side at the bottom, and a stone with two holes in the centre (at the bottom).
[Next to the horizontal gravestone (5th row) there is a further flat gravestone almost completely covered with moss. At the top there is the head and wings of an angel.
Along the wall from the gravestone with the oblong panel there is a vertical gravestone with a cherub with wings and underneath a skull.
Round the corner from this there is a vertical gravestone also with a cherub, skull and crossbones and a spade.]
Inspected By : Joan M. Kennedy
Inscriptions : None Visible [worn away]
Signatures : None
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1282)
Field Visit (11 October 2001)
Gravestone carved with the above inscription and an open book (top), a skull and ribbon (left side), crossbones (right side) and an angel's head with wings (bottom).
Inspected By : 11/10/01
Inscriptions : To the Memory / of / The [ ] WALTER ALLAN / Minister of the Gospel / att (sic) Colinton who [ ] / ISOBEL BROUN / [ ] 22nd of / aged 54 years
Signatures : None
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1283)
Field Visit (11 October 2001)
Standing gravestone carved with two scrolls with flowers (top); an oblong panel [which may have contained an inscription] (centre); crossbones, an hourglass and a skull (bottom).
Inspected By : Joan M Kennedy
Inscriptions : None Visible [worn away ?]
Signatures : None
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1284)
