{"id":48548,"date":"2026-11-03T16:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48548"},"modified":"2026-11-03T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:03:10","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-a-listed-scots-office-block-to-be-converted-into-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48548","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: A-listed Scots office block to be converted into hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Scottish_Widows_building_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7463778.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/960px-Scottish_Widows_building_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_7463778.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48549\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.168021680216802;width:800px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/960px-Scottish_Widows_building_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_7463778.jpg 960w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/960px-Scottish_Widows_building_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_7463778-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/960px-Scottish_Widows_building_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_7463778-768x354.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Scottish_Widows_building_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7463778.jpg\">Scottish Widows building by\u00a0Thomas Nugent<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Category A-listed The Scottish Widows building in Edinburgh is set to be converted into a 385-room hotel, despite heritage and infrastructure concerns, reports <em>Deadline News.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>Deadline News<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Scottish Widows building, designed by Scottish architect Sir Basil Spence in the 1970s, has been empty for six years&#8230; The building is distinct for its 12 hexagonal modules, five of which will be knocked down to facilitate the conversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Permission had already been granted for the demolition\u2026 The council granted permission \u2013 as well as listed building consent \u2013 for the development at a meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland objected\u2026 claiming that the changes would affect the B\u00fcrolandschaft open plan design\u2026 \u2018central to the building\u2019s design intent\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Southside Community Council also objected\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historic Environment Scotland (HES) said some of its original heritage concerns for the building had been allayed and welcomed the retention of the existing reception area\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026\u00a0 developer Vita said: \u2018As a result of the careful design of the interventions and changes proposed the special interest of the listed building would not be notably adversely impacted, and would be sustained.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deadlinenews.co.uk\/2026\/10\/01\/a-listed-scots-office-block-to-be-converted-into-hotel\/?\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image: Scottish Widows building by\u00a0Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A Category A-listed The Scottish Widows building in Edinburgh is set to be converted into a 385-room hotel, despite heritage and infrastructure concerns, reports Deadline News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1081,797],"class_list":["post-48548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-ahss","tag-hes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48550,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48548\/revisions\/48550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}