1 Queen Street,
Edinburgh, EH2 1JD
A small gated
courtyard adjacent to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
It looks private but the public are free to enter.
It is named after
John Ritchie Findlay, the philanthropic newspaper owner, who funded
the building of the red standstone gallery.
Within
the hexagonal courtyard, there is a large mosaic featuring
an owl, a squirrel, a bird and a lizard, all intertwined with
thistles. The mosaic, which like the Rose Street Roses, was created
by Maggie Howarth, is surrounded by seats. A path
leads out of the courtyard onto North St Andrew Lane.
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