Riddle's Court during building work

Restoring Riddle’s Court

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These clips by Louise Mather (https://louisemather.com/) document the restoration of Riddle’s Court, a grand tenement on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.

Riddle’s Court is steeped in history. A visit to our building is a journey through 500 years: each painstakingly restored room resonant of a different chapter in this complex tale, from the banquet of King James I and VI to the arts and crafts dining hall of Edinburgh’s first university residencies.

The building reopened in August 2017 after an intensive two year long, £6 million restoration project carried out by the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust. New contemporary interventions have transformed its atmospheric historic spaces into a state-of-the-art venue with full lift access

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