Pringle Coats of Arms on Buildings
Pringle Coats of Arms on Buildings
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Arms: Argent, on a saltire engrailed Sable five escallops Or [Pringle of Gala].
Crest: A unicorns head, couped proper.
Mottos on the lintel:
- Nisi Dominvs Frvstra (from Psalm 127 – ‘Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labour in vain.’ [Also the motto of the city of Edinburgh]).
- Virtvs Svb Vmbra (Virtue in the shadow)
- Devs Facit Omnia (God made all)
- Spes Vitae Altera (hope of another life)
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Melrose Abbey – the Pringle of Gala (and Whytbank) Aisle
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Morebattle Kirk – the Pringle of Clifton Aisle
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Haining House – Pringle of Clifton and Haining Arms over the Gateway
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Abbotsford – Pringle Arms
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Muirhouse Tower
The remains of Muirhouse Tower, a square tower, were removed by Mr Blackie, of Muirhouse, who ploughed up the land about 1832. No traces of the tower remain, but a red freestone, apparently from its entrance, is built into the garden of the present farmhouse. It is inscribed I. P. M. P. In Te Domine Speravi 1626. ‘In Thee, Lord, I have hoped.’ [James Pringill of Mitchelston and is wife Margaret Pringill, who was granted sasine of Muirhouse, Caldrope and Pirn in 1625.]
The Yair
According to the Book ‘Borders: The Buildings of Scotland’, by Cruft, Dunbar and Fawcett (Yale University Press) states on page 765, ‘Above a rubble-built archway to the courtyard is a sundial with a ogival top. Three faces have dials, the fourth some heraldry; what can be read suggests it belongs to Pringle of Whytbank.’
Page 767 states, ‘Built into the upper terrace is preserved a stone dated 1661, and inscribed ‘All is vanity one thing is needful’; formerly at Whytbank Tower.’