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Latitude: 55.9403 / 55°56'25"N
Longitude: -3.1833 / 3°10'59"W
OS Eastings: 326186
OS Northings: 672551
OS Grid: NT261725
Mapcode National: GBR 8QL.P1
Mapcode Global: WH6SM.2YFG
Plus Code: 9C7RWRR8+4M
Entry Name: Pillars, The Meadows (East), Edinburgh
Listing Name: Melville Drive (Eastern End) 2 Ornamental Pillars
Listing Date: 14 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 371393
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB30453
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Edinburgh, The Meadows (east), Pillars
ID on this website: 200371393
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Southside/Newington
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure
John Lessels 1880. 2 square freestanding polished ashlar pillars surmounted by carved heraldic beasts (lion at N pillar, unicorn at S pillar) supporting castle emblem of the City of Edinburgh. Base; pedestal with architraved panels, rope-moulded nook-shafts to angles, and miniature carved capitals; foliate frieze swept to cornice; plinth supporting heraldic statuary. Shield at N pillar reads: "The Right Hon Thomas J Boyd, Lord Provost 1880". Shield at S pillar reads "Presented to the City of Edinburgh by Messrs T Nelson and Sons".
These two pillars were presented to the City of Edinburgh by the printing and publishing firm of Thomas Nelson and Sons in appreciation of the temporary accommodation allocated to them on the Meadows after their Hope Park Crescent premises were destroyed by fire in 1876.
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