Edinburgh World Heritage News

Plans
to revitalise the Scotsman Steps have received a significant boost,
with the news that Turner Prize winning artist Martin Creed will create
piece of public art for the site... Read more

Edinburgh
World Heritage has awarded a grant of £5,000 to the Greyfriars Kirkyard
Trust to help repair some of its historic gravestones and tombs... Read more

The
final set of restored clock faces have been installed on Well Court's
tower, in a delicate operation with the help of bosun's chair... Read more

Edinburgh
World Heritage has granted £7,000 towards a project to conserve the
graveyard at St. John's church on Princes Street... Read more

With
the conservation work to the Nelson Monument almost complete, the focus
is now on improving the presentation of the monument to the public... Read more

This
month the House Histories newsletter focuses on bars, inns and taverns,
with tales of Robert Burns, the drama of the 'Stoppit Stravaig', the
remarkable survival of a Victorian 'palace pub' and how Jenners got
involved in the pub trade... Read more

Join Mr and Mrs Grant in their elegant home at No.5 Charlotte Square and learn about life in the Georgian New Town... Read more