http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Historic landmark ‘lost’ by council blunder" en Thu, 21 May 2026 22:56:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14408#post-224629 Tue, 05 Jul 2016 14:07:04 +0000 chdot 224629@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>List of Common Good items in</p> <p>"</p> <p>CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL<br /> Edinburgh<br /> Calton Hill Garden Ground<br /> Calton Hill City Observatory<br /> Calton Hill House at City Observatory<br /> Calton Road (rear of St Andrew House)<br /> South Queensferry Harbour<br /> Regent Road Burns Monument<br /> Lady Stair's House<br /> Bruntsfield Links<br /> Leven Terrace Gas Governor Site<br /> The Meadows<br /> Ballantyne Road Amenity Ground<br /> Merchiston park<br /> Princes Street Gardens<br /> Scotland Street Lane (Tennis Courts and Allotments) St James place ground<br /> Stevenlaws Close solum<br /> Waverley Bridge 1.68 acres</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.andywightman.com/docs/commongood_v3.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.andywightman.com/docs/commongood_v3.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14408#post-195019 Thu, 06 Aug 2015 10:05:04 +0000 chdot 195019@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>A BID to prevent a repeat of a legal blunder which saw Britain’s oldest parliamentary building “given away” amid confusion over ownership will cost the city council £250,000 a year. </p> <p>Officials have warned the revamp of the common good register will be a complex process which could take “several years”. </p> <p>A probe into costs and timescales was launched after we revealed how Parliament House, near St Giles’ Cathedral, was in part “gifted” to the Faculty of Advocates after council officers told the Scottish Government they did not know who owned it.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/bid-to-stop-legal-blunder-as-buildings-given-away-1-3850903" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/bid-to-stop-legal-blunder-as-buildings-given-away-1-3850903</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14408#post-181252 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:39:04 +0000 chdot 181252@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Update -</p> <p><a href="http://www.andywightman.com/archives/4196" rel="nofollow">http://www.andywightman.com/archives/4196</a> </p> <p>Someone has added a comment -</p> <p>"</p> <p>Looking on the bright side, at least the Faculty of Advocates seem likely to maintain it properly, and to use it for its historic purpose, and unlikely to flog it off for a luxury hotel.</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14408#post-181063 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:50:29 +0000 gembo 181063@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rent free, advocates maintained structure. All in article. Scottish ministers involved then advocates saw their chance. Council sleeping.</p> <p>Land belonged to the Catholic church, but after reformation ownership more complicated. Again all in article.</p> <p>Well worth reading the article as the original author whilst being an authority on the common good is kept on his toes by his readers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14408#post-181054 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:06:11 +0000 kaputnik 181054@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If it was being rented mesuspects it may have been on a peppercorn basis anyway.</p> <p>It's probably for the benefit of the structure if the cooncil no longer owns it. They'd only do something stupid like lose it. Oh, wait... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14408#post-181051 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:58:44 +0000 LivM 181051@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What I am not sure about is what is the benefit of it being owned by the council. Is there rent due?</p> <p>EDIT: As you were, chdot was commenting at the same time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14408#post-181050 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:58:34 +0000 chdot 181050@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"just that in the long term scale of things there have been transactions in both directions for benefit of city and country."</p> <p>Let's hope that all comes out too, might be useful for <em>plot</em> (see my previous e-m!)</p> <p>Maybe a film... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14408#post-181049 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:55:40 +0000 chdot 181049@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Of course the actual ownership of an actual (old) building might actually be a financial liability for CEC - especially if no-one has actually been paying rent. </p> <p>All a bit odd. </p> <p>No doubt someone will turn it into a novel. </p> <p>Wonder if Deacon Brodie will be in it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14408#post-181047 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:54:27 +0000 LivM 181047@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh yes chdot... Not meaning to say that someone hasn't stuffed up, just that in the long term scale of things there have been transactions in both directions for benefit of city and country. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14408#post-181046 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:49:01 +0000 chdot 181046@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"My mother (an advocate)" - I'm sure she'll understand that (legally) it's a bit suspect for ownership to be denied by one council official, and somehow this becomes 'fact'. </p> <p>"</p> <p>“The council didn’t even know that it no longer owned it. It just realised one day that something had gone very horribly wrong. Quite why remains unclear since the history of the building is very well documented.”</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/critics-unite-to-condemn-loss-of-parliament-hall-1-3692495" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/critics-unite-to-condemn-loss-of-parliament-hall-1-3692495</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14408#post-181041 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:01:30 +0000 gembo 181041@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They have a permanent cafe in the signet library now and they do weddings. Something odd has happened to the writers to the signet maybe the faculty of advocates is opening a nightclub in Parliament House? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14408#post-181030 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 07:16:19 +0000 LivM 181030@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My mother (an advocate) comments: "Oh bother the man. The Faculty [of Advocates] has given so much to the city and the nation. National Library, for example." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14408#post-181012 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:25:19 +0000 chdot 181012@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/historic-landmark-lost-by-council-blunder-1-3691381" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/historic-landmark-lost-by-council-blunder-1-3691381</a></p> <p>Fuller story -</p> <p><a href="http://www.andywightman.com/archives/4172" rel="nofollow">http://www.andywightman.com/archives/4172</a> </p>