Scottish Parliament Building Trail

4 Queensberry House 5 Canongate You are now standing outside This is the Canongate Wall. Scottish Parliament Queensberry House, the oldest part It has poems and quotes of the Parliament building. carved into it on pieces of Building Trail It was once the home of the Dukes of stone that can be found in Queensberry. different areas of Scotland. Now it has been restored to look like These are it might have done in the 17th century. three of The Presiding Officer has an office in the poems this building. and Follow the points numbered 1-5 on the trail The entrance to Queensberry House c quotes. is on Canongate, sometimes called around the outside of the Scottish Parliament building to the Royal Mile. discover some interesting facts and features. There are words set into the stone a b just inside the main gate. Write the words here....

...... What house ...... number is it? ...... b. is a Gaelic proverb. What does it mean? ...... Look at the gates of Queensberry ...... House...... There is a shape in the metal. Who wrote? Draw it here...... Find the skyline of ...... Edinburgh‛s Old Town ...... in the wall.

Did you know? The quotation is from a Scots translation of the Bible and is from 1 Corinthians 13.1 in the New Testament.

History Fact Did you know? The site of the Parliament building The Parliament building was designed has had many uses. by the architect Enric Miralles There is evidence of people living from Barcelona in Spain and here since medieval times. RMJM, an Edinburgh-based In the 19th and 20th centuries, The building Does the shape remind you of anything else architectural there was a large brewery here opened in you‛ve seen in the Parliament building? practice. which, at one time, brewed October 2004. a quarter of all the beer made in Scotland. Printed in the UK on 50% recycled paper, fully recyclable. Inks used are vegetable based using linseed oil. © SPCB 2013 a. © John Gray b. © Carcanet Press 1 The Chamber Building 2 Behind the Parliament 3 The MSP Building These are the Committee Towers. The MSP building has 108 offices for MSPs. There are six Committee Rooms - three in the Each office has a window with a unique shape - middle tower and three in the tower on the right. it is said to have been inspired by an outline of The tower on the left has offices for the MSPs the Reverend Robert Walker skating on who are part of the Scottish Government, Duddingston Loch, taken from a famous including the First Minister. painting by Henry Raeburn. Not all the windows are Design Fact! the same 1). How many windows are there The gabion walls use stones though! in the top row? from the buildings which were on the site before the 2). How many of the Scottish Parliament was built. windows in the top A “gabion” is a big cage which row face left? is filled with a material to form a wall. 3). How many of the Who wrote the two poems windows in the top carved into the flagstones row stick out a lot? outside the exit?

...... 4). How many windows in the top row have ...... Bollard Challenge! the wooden poles or How many small bollards are there The towers have stone and wood “lattices” in front? in front of the Parliament between panels around the windows. 5). How many of the the entrance and Draw the outline of windows in the top row the bottom of the the shape of one Did you know? Royal Mile? There ar have large glass e of these panels. Another two flags can be Did you know? windows? See if you can put up if needed - perhaps when Rowan trees are a see this shape the head of another country visits, bollards traditional symbol of anywhere else on Bamboo Garden or when the Queen visits. good luck. Look for one the building. Design Fact! Can you find the Bamboo Garden in Reid‛s Close? A special flag is also flown planted near the Flying the Flag Each office has a Here‛s a clue - it‛s made out of concrete! on Commonwealth Day Canongate entrance. Sketch the pattern here. There are three flagpoles outside the Parliament. “contemplation space” – a seat and United Nations Day. Have you seen this design What flags fly from them? Draw them onto the in the window for MSPs to use. anywhere else in the flags below. There are two Did you know? depths of building? The architect wanted the building to window seat, connect to the parkland around it. 1m wide He designed long “concrete branches” at and the ends of the buildings, some of which 0.5m wide. have grass growing on top. Can you see them? 1 The Chamber Building 2 Behind the Parliament 3 The MSP Building These are the Committee Towers. The MSP building has 108 offices for MSPs. There are six Committee Rooms - three in the Each office has a window with a unique shape - middle tower and three in the tower on the right. it is said to have been inspired by an outline of The tower on the left has offices for the MSPs the Reverend Robert Walker skating on who are part of the Scottish Government, Duddingston Loch, taken from a famous including the First Minister. painting by Henry Raeburn. Not all the windows are Design Fact! the same 1). How many windows are there The gabion walls use stones though! in the top row? from the buildings which were on the site before the 2). How many of the Scottish Parliament was built. windows in the top A “gabion” is a big cage which row face left? is filled with a material to form a wall. 3). How many of the Who wrote the two poems windows in the top carved into the flagstones row stick out a lot? outside the exit?

...... 4). How many windows in the top row have ...... Bollard Challenge! the wooden poles or How many small bollards are there The towers have stone and wood “lattices” in front? in front of the Parliament between panels around the windows. 5). How many of the the entrance and Draw the outline of windows in the top row the bottom of the the shape of one Did you know? Royal Mile? There ar have large glass e of these panels. Another two flags can be Did you know? windows? See if you can put up if needed - perhaps when Rowan trees are a see this shape the head of another country visits, bollards traditional symbol of anywhere else on Bamboo Garden or when the Queen visits. good luck. Look for one the building. Design Fact! Can you find the Bamboo Garden in Reid‛s Close? A special flag is also flown planted near the Flying the Flag Each office has a Here‛s a clue - it‛s made out of concrete! on Commonwealth Day Canongate entrance. Sketch the pattern here. There are three flagpoles outside the Parliament. “contemplation space” – a seat and United Nations Day. Have you seen this design What flags fly from them? Draw them onto the in the window for MSPs to use. anywhere else in the flags below. There are two Did you know? depths of building? The architect wanted the building to window seat, connect to the parkland around it. 1m wide He designed long “concrete branches” at and the ends of the buildings, some of which 0.5m wide. have grass growing on top. Can you see them? 4 Queensberry House 5 Canongate You are now standing outside This is the Canongate Wall. Scottish Parliament Queensberry House, the oldest part It has poems and quotes of the Parliament building. carved into it on pieces of Building Trail It was once the home of the Dukes of stone that can be found in Queensberry. different areas of Scotland. Now it has been restored to look like These are it might have done in the 17th century. three of The Presiding Officer has an office in the poems this building. and Follow the points numbered 1-5 on the trail The entrance to Queensberry House c quotes. is on Canongate, sometimes called around the outside of the Scottish Parliament building to the Royal Mile. discover some interesting facts and features. There are words set into the stone a b just inside the main gate. Write the words here....

Did you know? The quotation is from a Scots translation of the Bible and is from 1 Corinthians 13.1 in the New Testament.

History Fact Did you know? The site of the Parliament building The Parliament building was designed has had many uses. by the architect Enric Miralles There is evidence of people living from Barcelona in Spain and here since medieval times. RMJM, an Edinburgh-based In the 19th and 20th centuries, The building Does the shape remind you of anything else architectural there was a large brewery here opened in you‛ve seen in the Parliament building? practice. which, at one time, brewed October 2004. a quarter of all the beer made in Scotland. Printed in the UK on 50% recycled paper, fully recyclable. Inks used are vegetable based using linseed oil. © SPCB 2013 a. © John Gray b. © Carcanet Press 4 Queensberry House 5 Canongate You are now standing outside This is the Canongate Wall. Scottish Parliament Queensberry House, the oldest part It has poems and quotes of the Parliament building. carved into it on pieces of Building Trail It was once the home of the Dukes of stone that can be found in Queensberry. different areas of Scotland. Now it has been restored to look like These are it might have done in the 17th century. three of The Presiding Officer has an office in the poems this building. and Follow the points numbered 1-5 on the trail The entrance to Queensberry House c quotes. is on Canongate, sometimes called around the outside of the Scottish Parliament building to the Royal Mile. discover some interesting facts and features. There are words set into the stone a b just inside the main gate. Write the words here....

Did you know? The quotation is from a Scots translation of the Bible and is from 1 Corinthians 13.1 in the New Testament.