Rosslyn Chapel keeps car park

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Trustees of Rosslyn Chapel have been given permission to continue using a nearby field as a car park for visitors to the historic site.

The Rosslyn Chapel Trust applied for planning permission to use the field located to the north of Chapel Loan as a car park for a further two years.

Midlothian Council approved the proposals at a recent meeting. The field has been used for visitors' vehicles while renovation work continues at the site.

The building is in need of major conservation work, with a £13 million improvement project under way to restore and enhance the attraction.

Renovation work has been needed on attraction for decades, partly because of the poor quality of a major revamp in the 1950s.

The A-listed chapel, which dates back to 1446, is renowned for its intricate carvings, featuring symbols of the Knights Templar, Christianity, Freemasonry and mythology

PoW Art

This Napoleonic PoW art is coming up for sakle at Stacey's auctions in Essex. The catalogue description reads:

"An unusual piece of Napoleonic Prisoner-of-War art, in the form of an oval glass plaque with applied Masonic decoration, in a star burst design white metal frame set with coloured cut glass."

It is valued at £150