Bemersyde House
Sundial (17th Century)
Site Name Bemersyde House
Classification Sundial (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bemerside
Canmore ID 55675
Site Number NT53SE 63
NGR NT 59240 33308
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55675
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Mertoun
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Berwickshire
NT53SE 63 59240 33308.
(NT 5924 3330) Sundial (NR)
OS 25" map (1963)
A sundial of Renaissance design stands on the lawn S of Bemersyde House (NT53SE 9). The dial has a sloping stone gnomon and is octagonal on plan. It is supported by a moulded balusted resting on a modernised pedestal and approached by three broad steps. The dial face measures 1 ft 8 1/2 ins between the parallel sides, and the height from the top of the steps to the point of the gnomon is fully 7 ft. Carved in relief on the N side of the dial face is a shield bearing the Haig arms with helmet and mantling, and on the E margin of the sloping gnomon BEMERSYDE 1691 is also cut in relief. The section of the dial stone is such that sixteen surfaces are developed on the sides, each one bearing a small dial of conventional design.
RCAHMS 1915, visited 1912
See also NT53SE 9
Photographic Survey (January 1961)
Photographic survey of the garden and exterior of Bemersyde House, Berwickshire, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in January 1961.
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
