Various signs
The ultimate street signs, historical sites and house numbers
× Want to add signs? There is an app! Get it on Google Play Download on the App Store

Sign: Edinburgh - The old Royal Infirmary


Address:
1 Lauriston Pl, Edinburgh EH3 9EN, UK
Category:
Special site
City:
Edinburgh For all manhole covers in Edinburgh
Country:
United Kingdom For all manhole covers in United Kingdom
Shape:
Rectangle
Material:
Metal and concrete or stone
Placement:
Wall or fence


Map Route Route No loc. Around me
On the sign:
I WAS A STRANGER, AND YE TOOK ME IN

PATET OMNIBUS

I WAS SICK, AND YE VISITED ME
Photography:
2024
Ariel Rubinstein
Add comments, corrections, or missing information. After clicking the "Submit" button you will be taken to a page where you will be required to specify your name and email address.
Please note, you do not need to specify details about the item, these details will be automatically added

Comments:
The building now used by the University of Edinburgh’s Futures Institute was formerly the Royal Infirmary.
The building is listed as a Grade A listed building, a building of historical and architectural importance.

The text on the sign is from the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
In the centre is the Latin text PATET OMNIBUS - Open to all

The building was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Above the sign is another sign with the years
1729
1870
where 1729 is the year the first Royal Hospital was established and 1870 was the year the hospital was established on this site.
Click for a larger image


The signs closest to the current sign (Click to show or hide) Mesh (mosaic) Signs around me

Edinburgh - Lauriston Gardens Street
2 Lauriston Gardens, Edinburgh EH3, UK
(440 Meter 271°)
Edinburgh - John Knox Monument
1846 Mound Pl, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, UK
(568 Meter 335°)
Edinburgh - Plaque with the image of Mary of Guise at the site of her palace
1846 Mound Pl, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, UK
(588 Meter 335°)
Edinburgh - Monument commemorating the 1st Duke of Wellington riding a horse
9 Waterloo Pl, Edinburgh EH1 3BG, UK
(1 Km 23°)
Edinburgh - The grave of economist and philosopher Adam Smith
163 Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8BN, UK
(1.11 Km 62°)
Edinburgh - Landmarks on the way to the grave of economist and philosopher Adam Smith
163 Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8BN, UK
(1.12 Km 61°)

The ultimate street signs, historical sites and house numbers
Home
About
Signs
- Mesh
- Series
- Artists
- Architects
- Around me
- Routes
Map
Statistics
Gallery
Add sign
Contact
Sign-O-Pedia
Accessibility statement

Initiating the site - Eli Zvuluny - Programming and building the site Possible Worlds Ltd. Possible Worlds Ltd. © 2019-2025

© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - The site and its content are copyright protected. The full copyrights of the site's content belong to Eli Zvuluny. All images in the site (unless another photographer is mentioned) were taken by Eli Zvuluny that has the full copyrights on them. The use of any images or other materials included herein, in whole or part, for any purpose is expressly prohibited without the written permission of Eli Zvuluny. .