Royal High School Buildings

Photos of the old Royal High School buildings on Regent Road, Edinburgh, and the present day building at Barnton.

In addition we have a film to mark the move from the Regent Road building to the new school at Barnton. Thanks to George Lunn for restoring this.

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Coat of Arms and the four school buildings
Secondary 3 French Class -18-5-65 -George Lunn far left
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00b RHSCL Leaving Old RHS_pupils
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00d barnton_sketch_1
00e Farewell to the Old School 1968
00f Farewell to the Old School revisited
01 Present Day School
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03_Barnton_front
03_Barnton_side
03_Barnton_statue
04_Barnton_rectors
09 Regent Road
10 Regent Road_from_regent_road
11 Regent_road_entrance_1
12 Regent_road_entrance_2
13 Regent_road_entrance_3
16 Cannon
17 Dungeons
18 The Art Room 1925.
19 Craftroom 1925
20 Jocks Lodge
21 The Great Hall
22 The Gym
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Memorial Door - Euan MacDonald & Edward Tait
Rectors' Table

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The school moved to the new building, a few miles away in 1968. The images here include an artist’s impression of how the new school would look. The memorial doors and memorial stained glass windows were incorporated into the new building. There was a ‘Leaving the old school’ ceremony of June 1968, held at the Kirk of Canongate, marking the move from the Regent Road building, to the new building at Barnton.

Sadly the striking Regent Road school has been neglected over the years. At one time it was going house the Scottish Parliament, but this plan was dropped in favour of a new custom building. However plans have now been approved for it’s use as a music college

Leslie Gage has supplied some photos taken from a school prospectus of around 1925 showing the sports pavilion at Jocks Lodge, the Gym, the Art Room and the Crafts Room.