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Porteous Memorial (Colinton Parish Church) PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0312 14-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC Porteous Memorial (Colinton Parish Church) 311 Sculptor: John Rhind Town or Village Parish Local Govt District County Edinburgh Edinburgh NPA The City of Edinburgh Council Lothian Area in town: Colinton Road: Dell Road Location: Right hand side of large cemetery in Colinton Parish Church graveyard A to Z Ref: OS Ref: Postcode: EH13 Previously at: Setting: Outside building SubType: Public access Setting: Religious SubType: Public access Cemetery Commissioned by: George M. Porteous Year of Installation: Details: Design 1876 (1) Category: Commemorative Category: Funerary Category: Religious Category: Sculptural Category: Architectural Category: Free Standing Class Type: Marker SubType: Other gravestone Subject Non Figurative SubType: Full Length Part(s) of work Material(s) Dimensions > Monument Sandstone c. 15ft H x 3ft W x 3ft D > Inset panels Pink granite Work is: Extant Listing Status: Don't know Custodian/Owner: Condition Report Overall Condition: Good Risk Assessment: No known risk Surface Character: Comment Surface spalling, crumbling Some crumbling of top pillars Vandalism: Comment None Inscriptions: On first arched panel: IN / MEMORY / OF MY MOTHER / MARION FERGUSON / WIFE OF / GEORGE PORTEOUS / BUILDER JUNIPER GREEN / DIED 19TH JANUARY / 1864 / [two lines of Gaelic] / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / DONALD / MY BROTHER WHO DIED 18 SEPTEMBER / 1841 / ERECTED / BY / GEORGE M. PORTEOUS On second arched panel: ALSO / TO THE / MEMORY OF / GEORGE PORTEOUS / BUILDER / BORN AT BONALLY / 1ST DEC. 1805 / DIED AT FIRKNOWE / JUNIPER GREEN / 11TH JUNE 1878 / THIS IS NOT OUR REST / AND / MEGGIE, MY NIECE / MARION A. CONOCHIE / DIED AT FIRKNOWE / 11TH MAY 1880 / CALM ON THE BOSOM OF THY GOD / FAIR SPIRIT REST THEE NOW / ALSO / JANE PORTEOUS / MY ELDEST SISTER / WHO DIED AT FIRKNOWE, JUNIPER GREEN / 11TH JUNE 1894 / PHILIP. [?] In first rectangular panel: ALSO IN MEMORY OF MY SISTER / MARION / WHO DIED AT WHIFFLET 15TH JUNE 1906 / BURIED IN OLD MONKLAND CHURCHYARD / REV. XIV 15 In second rectangular panel: ALSO IN MEMORY OF MY YOUNGEST SISTER / LOUISA WHO DIED AT THE TOWER JUNIPER GREEN / 5TH JANUARY 1907 / ALSO OF / GEORGE MURRAY PORTEOUS / WHO DIED AT THE TOWER JUNIPER GREEN / 14TH AUGUST 1915 / THESSALONIANS IV 14 Signatures: On front of plinth: J. RHIND. S. / EDINBURGH Physical Cathedral-like edifice set on a stone plinth. Inset are two arched panels and two rectangular panels in Description: pink granite. On top of this is a tower with windows all round and a pineapple-like top at the end. Page 1 of 2 PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0312 14-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC Person or event commemorated: History of Commission : Exhibitions: Related Works: Legal Precedents: References: 1 J.Gifford, C.McWilliam, D.Walker and C.Wilson, The Buildings of Scotland : Edinburg, p.515 Notes: Photo Details: ID By Date Medium Ref Digitised Digi ref Selected? Book > 1110 DK 23/05/01 CS 20/33 Not Digitised No Inspected: 09/08/2001 by: Joan Kennedy Data Entry: 23/08/2001 15:38:12 by: Andrew Lee Data Entry: 15/01/2007 11:33:15 by: Tracy Smith To Editor: No Returned: No Re Entered: No Finally Checked: No Page 2 of 2 PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0343 14-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC Pitcairn of Dreghorn Mausoleum (Colinton Parish Church) 342 Carver: Unknown (original) Architect: John Nicol and Stonemason: William Wilkie and Other: Robert Nicol Town or Village Parish Local Govt District County Edinburgh Edinburgh NPA The City of Edinburgh Council Lothian Area in town: Colinton Road: Dell Road Location: At the back of the church hall, Colinton Parish Church graveyard A to Z Ref: OS Ref: Postcode: EH13 Previously at: Setting: Outside building SubType: Public access Setting: Religious SubType: Public access Setting: On building SubType: Public access Commissioned by: Year of Installation: Before1700 Details: Design 17th century Category: Commemorative Category: Funerary Category: Religious Category: Sculptural Class Type: Sculpture SubType: Define under Subject Type Class Type: Coat of Arms SubType: Define in freetext Class Type: Panel SubType: Define in freetext Subject Figurative SubType: Full Length Part(s) of work Material(s) Dimensions > Cartouche and coat of Stone c. 6ft H x 2ft W x 6in D(together) arms > Plaque Bronze c. 1ft H x 1ft W x 1/2in D > Heraldic panel Stone c. 6ft H x 3ft W x 6in D Work is: Extant Listing Status: Don't know Custodian/Owner: Condition Report Overall Condition: Fair Risk Assessment: No known risk Surface Character: Comment Corrosion, Deterioration Some erosion of the stonework Vandalism: Comment None Inscriptions: On bronze plaque: RESTORED / UNDER THE SPECIFICATION OF / THOMAS MURRAY L.L.D. / AT THE REQUEST OF / THE UNDERNAMED DESCENDANTS / OF / DAVID PITCAIRN OF DREGHORN / -1864- / WILLIAM HUGIN ELLIOT 3RD EARL OF MINTO / MARY ELIZABETH ELLIOT 2ND BARONESS / FRANCES ELLIOT 1ST COUNTESS RUSSELL / ELIZABETH BRYDONE LADY ADAM / WILLIAM PATRICK ADAM M.P. OF BLAIR ADAM / WILLIAM ROBERTSON OF KNLOCHMOIDART Signatures: On side of building: M Physical Large mausoleum decorated with carving on two sides. On one side, at the top, is the bronze plaque Description: detailing the restoration. Below this is an elaborate cartouche, containing a criss-cross pattern in the centre, supported by two cherubs, one on each side. Below the cartouche, in a frame, is the coat of arms of Pitcairn of Dreghorn: a shield decorated with three lozenges, surmounted by a helmet topped by a six-pointed star amongst a circle of clouds. Page 1 of 2 PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0343 14-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC Person or event commemorated: History of The monument was erected in memory of David Pitcairn of Dreghorn, and was restored in 1864 by the Commission architect John Nicol. Mr Wilkie of Juniper Green executed the mason work, and Mr R. Nicol engraved : the brass plate. The restoration was paid for by Pitcairn's descendants, including the Earl of Minto, Baroness Dunfermline and Countess Russell. Exhibitions: Related Works: Legal Precedents: References: The Builde, 16 July 1864, p.534 Burke's Encyclopaedia of Heraldry, London, 184, Notes: Photo Details: ID By Date Medium Ref Digitised Digi ref Selected? Book > 151 DK 23/05/01 CS 20/20 Not Digitised No Inspected: 07/06/2001 by: Joan Kennedy Data Entry: 27/08/2001 11:47:43 by: Andrew Lee Data Entry: 10/09/2007 12:19:22 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 26/03/2007 14:58:01 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 04/03/2009 11:56:45 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 04/03/2009 12:22:53 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 04/03/2009 12:38:08 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 04/03/2009 13:16:55 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 29/06/2009 11:34:55 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 29/06/2009 11:59:32 by: Tracy Smith To Editor: No Returned: No Re Entered: No Finally Checked: No Page 2 of 2 PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0344 14-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC Tomb of James Gillespie of Spylaw (Colinton Parish Church) 343 Carver: Unknown Town or Village Parish Local Govt District County Edinburgh Edinburgh NPA The City of Edinburgh Council Lothian Area in town: Colinton Road: Dell Road Location: At the back of the church hall, Colinton Parish Church graveyard A to Z Ref: OS Ref: Postcode: EH13 Previously at: Setting: Outside building SubType: Public access Setting: Religious SubType: Public access Setting: On building SubType: Public access Commissioned by: Year of Installation: Details: Design Category: Animal Category: Heraldic Category: Commemorative Category: Sculptural Class Type: Coat of Arms SubType: Define in freetext Class Type: Panel SubType: Define in freetext Subject Non Figurative SubType: Full Length Part(s) of work Material(s) Dimensions > Coat of arms Stone c.6ft H x 3ft W x 6in D Work is: Extant Listing Status: Don't know Custodian/Owner: Condition Report Overall Condition: Good Risk Assessment: No known risk Surface Character: Comment No damage Vandalism: Comment None Inscriptions: On ribbon running behind helmet (incised letters): PRO REGE Signatures: None Physical Heraldic panel, carved in low relief, with a shield decorated with a sword above a ship in full sail. Description: Above the shield is a helmet surmounted by a lion rampant. To either side of the shield is long-leaved foliage. Person or event commemorated: History of Commission : Exhibitions: Related Works: Legal Precedents: References: J.Gifford, C.McWilliam, D.Walker and C.Wilson, The Buildings of Scotland : Edinburg, p.515 Notes: Photo Details: ID By Date Medium Ref Digitised Digi ref Selected? Book > 152 DK 23/05/01 CS 20/21 Not Digitised No Inspected: 07/06/2001 by: Joan Kennedy Data Entry: 27/08/2001 12:00:18 by: Andrew Lee Page 1 of 2 PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0344 14-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC Data Entry: 10/09/2007 13:05:57 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 26/03/2007 14:59:09 by: Tracy Smith Data Entry: 29/06/2009 13:59:22 by: Tracy Smith To Editor: No Returned: No Re Entered: No Finally Checked: No Page 2 of 2 PMSA NRP: Work Record Ref: EDIN0345 14-Jun-11 © PMSA RAC Gravestone (Colinton Parish Church) 344 Carver: Unknown Town or Village Parish Local Govt District County Edinburgh Edinburgh NPA The City of Edinburgh Council Lothian Area in town: Colinton Road: Dell Road Location: Large graveyard near church hall, Colinton Parish Church graveyard A to Z Ref: OS Ref: Postcode: EH13 Previously at: Setting: Outside building SubType: Public access Setting: Religious SubType: Public access Commissioned by: Year of Installation: Details: Design Category: Commemorative Category: Funerary Category: Religious Category: Sculptural Class Type: Marker SubType: Commemorative stone Gravestone Class Type: Other SubType: Define in freetext Relief Subject Figurative SubType: Head Symbolic Subject Figurative SubType: Full Length Part(s) of work Material(s) Dimensions > All Stone 120cm H x 72cm W x 12cm D Work is: Extant Listing Status: Don't know Custodian/Owner: Condition Report Overall Condition: Poor Risk Assessment: At Risk Surface Character: Comment Surface spalling, crumbling One side very badly eroded.
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