Edinburgh, 107 High Street, Bailie Fyfe's Close
Armorial Panel (17th Century), Lintel (16th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 107 High Street, Bailie Fyfe's Close
Classification Armorial Panel (17th Century), Lintel (16th Century)
Canmore ID 52318
Site Number NT27SE 294
NGR NT 26022 73691
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/52318
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 294 2602 7368
Above the modern entrance to Bailie Fyfe's Close, a 17th-century heraldic panel has been inserted. The shield, which is flanked by the initials I P and M H, bears the arms of Hay of Murnsyde. The carved lintel over the E window on the second floor seems to be modern. A moulded lintel said to have come from the third floor of the tall tenement that formerly stood upon the E side of the Close, and now inserted over a doorway in the modern brick building that occupies the same site, bears
'ENEMEIS OF GOD AND THE KING TO THE EARTH DID ME DOVN DING'
together with the date 1572.
J Geddie 1927; RCAHMS 1951.
Publication Account (1951)
65. Carved Stones, Bailie Fyfe's Close, 107 High Street.
Above the modern entrance to the Close a 17th-century heraldic panel has been inserted. The shield, which is flanked by the initials I P and M H, is parted per pale and charged: Dexter, a chevron between three mullets, probably for Parley*; sinister, a mullet between three escutcheons, for Hay of Murnsyde. The carved lintel over the E. window on the second floor seems to be modern.
A moulded lintel said to have come from the third floor of the tall tenement that formerly stood upon the E. side of the Close (1), and now inserted over a doorway in the modern brick building that occupies the same site, bears a rhymed couplet
ENEMEIS OF GOD AND THE KING
TO THE EARTH DID ME DOVN DING
together with the date 1572. This was the year of the five months' truce between the King's and the Queen's parties.
RCAHMS 1951
(1) O.E.C., xv, pp. 118 f.
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 (13 August 2002)
Square relief panel with violinish-shaped shield divided vertically in two. On the left is a chevron with two mullets (five-pointed stars) above it and one mullet below; on the right are two small shields (top), a mullet (centre) and a small shield (bottom). The shield is flanked by a scrolled frame with a flower and leaves on the left and shamrocks on the right.
Incorporated into the tenement at 109-119 High Street, built in 1902 by Alexander W. Macnaughtan.
Inspected By : D. King
Inscriptions : Raised letters at corners of square panel: J P / M H
Signatures : None
Design period : (17th
Year of unveiling : 1902
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0765)
