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Edinburgh, The Meadows (East), Pillars
Pillar(S) (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, The Meadows (East), Pillars
Classification Pillar(S) (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hope Park; Melville Drive
Canmore ID 125730
Site Number NT27SE 1983.04
NGR NT 26186 72551
NGR Description NT 26186 72566 and NT 26181 72566
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/125730
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
ARCHITECT: John Lessels
See also:
NT27SE 1983.00 Edinburgh, The Meadows, General
1983.01 Edinburgh, The Meadows, Sundial
1983.02 Edinburgh, The Meadows, Mason's Pillars
1983.03 Edinburgh, The Meadows, Edinburgh International Exhibition 1886
1983.05 Edinburgh, Middle Meadow Walk, Pillars
1983.06 Edinburgh, Middle Meadow Walk
NT27SE 4647 Edinburgh, Hope Park Crescent, Thomas Nelson's Printing Works
Erected by Messrs Nelson in 1881 in 'commemoration of the kindness and sympathy shown to them by the magistrates at the time of the great fire' in 1878 of the original works in Hope Park Crescent.
Grants Old and New Edinburgh, 1882
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 (20 July 1999)
Unicorn rampant holding city shield on top of pillar with acanthus frieze and twisted columns at vertical corners; and base. Names of Edinburgh sandstone quarries on blocks forming pllar [some now illegible due to weathering]. Various finishes.
Paired with lion across the street.
Inscriptions : On plain stone shield on front of pedestal (raised letters):
PRESENTED / TO THE / CITY OF EDINBURGH / BY / MESSRS T. NELSON / AND SONS
Signatures : None Visible
Design period : 1880
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0066)
Field Visit (20 July 1999)
Lion rampant holding city shield on top of pillar with acanthus frieze and twisted columns on vertical corners; and base. Blocks of pillar carved with Edinburgh sandstone quarry names. Various stone finishes.
Paired with unicorn on opposite side of the street.
Inscriptions : On shield on front of pedestal (raised letters):
THE RIGHT HONBLE / THOMAS J. BOYD / LORD PROVOST / 1880
Signatures : None Visible
Design period : 1880
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN0067)
