The Old Refectory

The two finest historical rooms in the Hospital are the Old Refectory, or Wester Laigh Hall, and the Council Chamber. The Refectory, nowadays the Staff Common Room, is a long, low room entered immediately from the Quadrangle with a huge classical fireplace at either end spanned by a remarkable flat arch and ornamented with massive decorations. One bears Heriot's Coat of Arms and the other an elaborate monogram consisting of all the letters in the name of George Heriot ingeniously interwoven.