Sunshine Plaque Torphins
Location
Beltie Road Torphins
Torphins, Kincardine
OS Map Reference
NJ 623 018
Description
Polychromed stone relief showing a griffin holding a star and quarter section of a solar disc. Built into a fascinatingly
designed house on the Beltie Road.
Related Information
Included in the house design was a window based on an Edinburgh Sweet shop and it was run as a café after the WW2 called
"Star & Griffin and Sunshine Café" and now is the Sunshine Children's Nursery. The emblem is taken from the Learney Coat of Arms, the Estate, which surrounds the village.
Era
1900s
Categories
Iconography
- mythical or heraldic beast
- star
- sun
Photographer
- Jim Henderson
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