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Saturday, February 6, 2021

Bidding war opens to decide the future of Edinburgh’s Royal High School

The city landmark and masterpiece of Greek revival style, empty for more than 50 years, could be a place of learning again When renowned Scottish architect Thomas Hamilton set about designing a home for Edinburgh’s Royal High School in the early 1800s, he cemented the city’s reputation as an “Athens of the North” with a Greek revival building still considered one of Europe’s finest. But despite being widely lauded and variously floated as a home for the Scottish parliament, a national photography centre and a military history museum, the building has lain empty since the school moved in 1968. Now, a decision by the city’s council to strip hotel developers of the site’s lease could see it back in action once again. Continue reading...


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