The 1825 building is one of the UK’s most-treasured neo-classical buildings. Plans were submmited to demolish part of the site and erect a five-star hotelCouncillors in Edinburgh beget narrowly rejected plans for a major luxury hotel on the site of the old-fashioned Royal High school,one of the UK’s most treasured neo-classical buildings.
Councillors voted by nine to six against the plans to erect two large stepped wings to flank the Greek revival building on Calton Hill once mooted as a home for the Scottish parliament, and to demolish parts of the site to create a original five-star hotel.
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Source: theguardian.com