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12 historic Edinburgh buildings at risk of disappearing forever

While Edinburgh is famous around the world for its abundance of historic buildings, the city continually faces a battle to save listed structures that have fallen into disrepair.

Since 1990, the Buildings at Risk Register has been active in Scotland in response to a concern at the growing number of listed buildings in Conservation Areas that had been left vacant and had fallen into a state of disrepair.

The Register, which is managed by Historic Environment Scotland, aims to protect these buildings, many of which are at risk of being lost forever.We take a look at 12 listed buildings which have fallen into the “at risk” category and might not have a future in the long term unless something is done to stop the rot.

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