Location
16-18 Carmelite Street Banff
Banff, Banffshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 690 639
Date
1675
Description
Category B listed building. Coat of Arms dated 1675, built into arched gateway. Plaque initialled IG IS to John Gordon and his wife Janet Saunders, incorporating coat of arms. The plot of ground was called Saunders Heritage. The plaque was reset above the archway at the East return gable of Banff's former Police station, later the Post Office.
Related Information
The motto is Nil Virtuti Arduum 'Nothing is too hard for virtue'. The plaque is a particularly good example of a heraldic panel and the Royal Mail financed its restoration in March 2005.
Era
1600s
Information Source
Aberdeenshire Council Listed building records. Record no. 58 William Crammond, Annals of Banff 1891, p374
Categories
Iconography
- heraldic motifs
- ship
Photographer
- David Watson Hood
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