Royal High School Preservation Trust

Plans for the Royal High School Building on Calton Hill are well underway including an ambitious garden project which will see exciting new gardens with free public access created in the grounds of the building. 

The Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT) has received planning permission from the City of Edinburgh Council for its multi-million-pound redevelopment of the Thomas Hamilton Building on Regents Road.

Carol Nimmo has been appointed chair of the Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT). Former chair of the local resident’s association and the New Town and Broughton Community Council, Carol has been a passionate advocate for the preservation of the building since 2014 and has sat as a Tru

The Royal High School Preservation Trust, the body set up to protect and sensitively develop the iconic Thomas Hamilton building below Calton Hill in Edinburgh, has appointed Grant Mackenzie as executive director and Kate Smith as development director. The trust recently announced revised plans for

The Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT), the body set up to protect and sensitively develop the iconic Thomas Hamilton building below Calton Hill in Edinburgh, has unveiled an exciting new vision for the former Royal High School.

Works leading to the restoration of a jewel in the crown of Scotland’s architectural heritage will commence immediately with the formal commencement of a lease agreement between the City of Edinburgh Council and the Royal High School Preservation Trust (RHSPT).

The former Royal High School building in Edinburgh is to be transformed into a £55 million national centre for music after the City of Edinburgh Council agreed to the lease of the historic property.

Updated plans have been unveiled to transform the former Royal High School into a national centre for music.