Old Royal High School

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former school historic building listed building neoclassical building

The Old Royal High School is a prominent 19th-century neoclassical former school building in Edinburgh, Scotland, noted for its architectural significance and historic role in Scottish education and civic life.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Royal High School, Edinburgh 7
Old Royal High School canonical 2
Old Royal High School, Edinburgh 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former school ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
listed building ⓘ
neoclassical building ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Scottish civic life ⓘ
Scottish education ⓘ
category 19th-century architecture in the United Kingdom ⓘ
neoclassical architecture in Scotland ⓘ
school buildings in Scotland ⓘ
city Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: City of Edinburgh
country Scotland ⓘ
designedBy Thomas Hamilton ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Royal High School, Calton Hill ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature Ionic columns ⓘ
elevated terrace ⓘ
grand central portico ⓘ
monumental staircases ⓘ
symmetrical façade ⓘ
hasConservationStatus protected historic environment asset ⓘ
hasViewOf Arthur’s Seat ⓘ
Old Town of Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh Old Town

Firth of Forth ⓘ
heritageDesignation Category A listed building ⓘ
inception 1820s ⓘ
influenced perceptions of Edinburgh as the "Athens of the North" ⓘ
locatedIn Calton Hill ⓘ
Edinburgh ⓘ
materialUsed sandstone ⓘ
notedFor architectural significance ⓘ
historic role in Scottish education ⓘ
prominent position on Calton Hill ⓘ
opened 1829 ⓘ
originalFunction school building ⓘ
originalOccupant Old Royal High School self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Royal High School of Edinburgh
overlooks New Town ⓘ
surface form: New Town, Edinburgh

Princes Street ⓘ
partOf Old and New Towns of Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh World Heritage Site setting
region Lothian ⓘ
replaced earlier Royal High School buildings on High School Yards ⓘ
significance landmark of Edinburgh’s neoclassical cityscape ⓘ
significantPeriod 19th century ⓘ
usedAs ceremonial venue ⓘ
civic building ⓘ
school ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Calton Hill → hasStructure → Old Royal High School ⓘ
Regent Road, Edinburgh → adjacentTo → Old Royal High School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Royal High School, Edinburgh
Regent Road, Edinburgh → hasLandmark → Old Royal High School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Royal High School, Edinburgh
W. D. Ross → educatedAt → Old Royal High School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal High School, Edinburgh
Eric Lomax → educatedAt → Old Royal High School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal High School, Edinburgh
George Murray → educatedAt → Old Royal High School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal High School, Edinburgh
Mountstuart Elphinstone → educatedAt → Old Royal High School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal High School, Edinburgh
National Monument of Scotland → near → Old Royal High School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal High School, Edinburgh
Old Royal High School → originalOccupant → Old Royal High School self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal High School of Edinburgh
St Andrew’s House → near → Old Royal High School ⓘ
Robert Finlayson Cook → educatedAt → Old Royal High School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal High School, Edinburgh
Ronnie Corbett → educatedAt → Old Royal High School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal High School, Edinburgh