For over a century, the building at the corner of North Bridge and Market Street served as the headquarters of The Scotsman newspaper — one of Britain's most distinguished broadsheets — before its conversion into The Scotsman Hotel in 2001. Designed by J. Dunn in 1905 in an exuberant Scottish Baronial style, the sandstone facade presents stepped crow-step gables, carved heraldic stonework, and rusticated arched entrances that anchor the building emphatically to Edinburgh's skyline at the top of the Old Town ridge. The transformation into a 69-room hotel preserved the original marble-columned banking hall, visible in the images as a double-height atrium of breathtaking civic confidence — verde antico marble pilasters, wrought-iron balconies trailing greenery, Thonet bentwood chairs grouped around travertine cafe tables beneath a crystal chandelier of considerable scale. The guest rooms work in deliberate counterpoint to that grandeur. Bleached oak panelling runs floor to ceiling, echoing the original woodwork found throughout the building while translating it into something quieter and more contemporary — pale sage ceilings, waffle-weave throws in dove grey, upholstered tub chairs in oatmeal linen. The Scotsman Suite retains some of the building's original editorial offices. In the dining room, full-height oak panelling continues the material conversation, chandelier clusters overhead while barrel chairs in forest green, slate blue, and aubergine velvet introduce warmth and colour against the neutral ground — a calibrated balance between institutional heritage and liveable comfort.

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