Reviews of Old Royal High School. (School) in Edinburgh (Edinburgh).

Old Royal High School

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New Parliament House, 5-7 Regent Rd, Edinburgh EH7 5BL, United Kingdom

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Information of Old Royal High School, School in Edinburgh (Edinburgh)

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C. L.

Interesting neoclassical building from 19th century. Can get a good view from cannon gate kirk, as it sits just opposite a cliff

J. A. (.

Former Royal High School (1829-1968). Regarded as the most fine building of the 19th century Greek Revival of the Edinburgh Enlightenment. Designed by Thomas Hamilton (1829). It was reformed to host the New Parliament in 1979. Devolve referendum failed, and the building didn't have a permanent use so far. The building chamber can´t be visit nowadays. It is going through planning permission since 2015. 2018 Inquiry process haven´t finish at August 2019. But it is a must to walk and look to it from Regents Road.

D. S.

I actually attended school in this building from 1949 to 1954.Fond memories of a splendid building and an amazing assembly hall. When I attended morning assembly took place in the hall.Pupils were seated on.tiered benches according to year.Year 1 at the front, year 2 behind and so on with years 5/6 at the rear or in the gallery. We sat according to our nations Angles,Britons, Picts or Scots. I was a Briton and our house colour was dark blue.Similar to the colour Scottish rugby teams wear. I was never good enough to represent the school at the top level but I played for the Britons at 7 a sides. Downside was in winter when classrooms were heated by coal fires and masters warmed their backsides in front of the fire preventing the warmth from getting to us pupils.At the rear of the Hamilton building there was a gym and a small swimming pool and some classrooms.There was another building where we had meals.This was called " the grubby:"Stalwart Amazons clashed mince and tatties onto our plates.Itwas a fee paying school inthese days.7 guineas £7.35p) a term. I was a bursary boy so did not have to pay for my education.Building /grounds not suitable as a hotel in my opinion Roll on the music school or even better could have been our parliament building

s. k.

The Old Royal High School, also known as New Parliament House, is a 19th-century neoclassical building on Calton Hill in the city of Edinburgh. The building was constructed for the use of the city's Royal High School, and gained its alternative name as a result of a proposal in the 1970s for it to house a devolved Scottish Assembly. After the Royal High School was relocated in 1968, the building became available and was refurbished to accommodate a new devolved legislature for Scotland. However, the 1979 devolution referendum failed to provide sufficient backing for a devolved assembly. Its debating chamber was later used for meetings of the Scottish Grand Committee, the committee of Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons with constituencies in Scotland. Subsequently, the building has been used as offices for departments of Edinburgh City Council, including The Duke of Edinburgh's Award unit and the Sports and Outdoor Education unit. With the passage of the Scotland Act 1998 and the introduction of Scottish devolution in 1999, the Old Royal High School was again mooted as a potential home for the new Scottish Parliament. Eventually, however, the Scotland Office decided to site the new legislature in a purpose-built structure in the Holyrood area of the Canongate. Edinburgh's original Parliament House is in the Old Town just off the Royal Mile and currently houses the Court of Session. These were the buildings of the former Parliament of Scotland which existed before the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 and the foundation of a British Parliament sitting at London's Palace of Westminster. A number of uses have been suggested for the building, including a home for a Scottish National Photography Centre. In 2015, The City of Edinburgh Council, which currently owns the building, initiated a project to lease it to be used as a luxury hotel. However, in 2021, it was announced that the lease to the hotel developers had been cancelled, and a new use was being sought. In 2004, Edinburgh City Council gave its support to a plan by HM The Queen's former royal press secretary, Michael Shea, to use the Old Royal High School as a Scottish National Photography Centre at a cost of £20 million. The proposal failed to gain the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund, seen as a key funder. In 2010 Edinburgh City Council announced a plan to use the building as a hotel and public art gallery, described as an "arts hotel". The cost was estimated at £35 million, and Duddingston House Properties (DHP) were awarded the project to prepare a design. DHP were awarded a conditional 125-year lease with the City Council retaining ownership of the building.

V. E.

Very beautiful building. A pity that it is not used nowadays.

I. P.

A neoclassical building on Calton hill that is unused now.

T. T.

Love the oldness of the buildings...

P.

It’s a 19th century Neoclassical architecture in Edinburgh.

T.

play royale high school on roblox lol

M. E.

Nice building but no access

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