Edinburgh, Springvalley Gardens
Architectural Fragment(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Springvalley Gardens
Classification Architectural Fragment(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 78486
Site Number NT27SW 196
NGR NT 245 712
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78486
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SW 196 245 712
Seven or more architectural fragments were built into the E face of the rubble stone wall dividing a garage yard W of Morningside Road from the rear gardens of the tenement facing Springvalley gardens.
Two triangular roof finials with fleur-de-lis ends, a rectangular block with a possible leaf-decorated vault springer, two halves of a shouldered arch window or arcading and a possible triple-lobed pillar segment are visible. A faceted arch has been partly infilled and is obscured by ivy and a recent brick building against the wall. All of these stones were above a string course of flat slabs and appear to have been part of a deliberate decorative scheme. The fragments could have been removed from the stones of Holy Trinity (NT27SE 37) in the late 19th or early 20th century, which would indicate a mid to late 15th century date for the carving.
C A{liaga}-Kelly 1992
