Edinburgh World Heritage News 2009

A
ground-breaking project has started this month, installing solar water
heating panels on the roofs of seven B-listed Georgian tenements in the
heart of World Heritage Site.

The
£200,000 Renewable Heritage project, benefiting social housing
properties, is being run in partnership with Changeworks, Lister
Housing Co-operative, Edinburgh World Heritage, eaga Charitable Trust
and The City of Edinburgh Council... Read more

The
Marquis of Bute has made a donation of £10,000 towards the restoration
of the National, Nelson and Burns monuments on Calton Hill... Read more

The
project to restore the category A listed Well Court in the Dean Village
is now nearing completion, but one final feature is yet to be
completed... Read more

The
World Heritage Site contains a great many historic buildings and
structures, amongst which must be counted the five burial grounds... Read more

Swedish
experts from the World Heritage Site of Visby visited EWH on 17
February, as part of a fact-finding trip into Edinburgh's heritage
management...

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With
the conservation statement for Riddle's Court now complete, work on
planning the future of the historic building will now move on to an
options appraisal... Read more