Edinburgh, 27-29 Buccleuch Street
Commemorative Stone (17th Century), Shop (18th Century), Tenement (18th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 27-29 Buccleuch Street
Classification Commemorative Stone (17th Century), Shop (18th Century), Tenement (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Buccleuch Pend; James Thin Bookseller
Canmore ID 52177
Site Number NT27SE 159
NGR NT 26123 72876
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52177
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Publication Account (1951)
NT27SE 159 26123 72876
No. 156. Carved Stone, 27-29 Buccleuch Street.
Into the back wall of this mid-18th century tenement has been inserted a stone on which is carved a cartouche, enclosed by a garland of fruit and bay leaves in high relief and surmounted by an open book below a label. On the cartouche, which rests on a mutilated human head, are incised two sets of initials, J G and C P, while the date 1687 is cut at the foot of the stone. The initials are those of John Gibson and his wife Christian Porteous and the year that of the marriage. Their son John, who succeeded them in 1712, may have built the house in which the stone is incorporated.
RCAHMS 1951.
Photographic Survey (July 1963)
Photographic survey of buildings in the south of Edinburgh in 'George Square Ward' in 1963 by the Scottish National Buildings Record.
