Edinburgh: ministers reject plans to convert neoclassical building into hotel

Scottish government say proposals for the Old Royal High School would have ruined world heritage site

Conservation campaigners are jubilant after Scottish ministers rejected plans to convert one of Edinburgh’s most famous neoclassical buildings, the Old Royal High School, into a luxury hotel.

The Scottish government said proposals by Urbanist Hotels and Rosewood Hotels to build a “six-star” hotel by adding two prominent wings to the listed 200-year-old Georgian building, which sits on the flank of Calton Hill, would have ruined an essential part of Edinburgh’s world heritage site.

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