The Scotsman

Working on the roof: But looking at the stars as apprentice­s prepare for designer’s birthday

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Apprentice­s from St Mary’s Cathedral workshop restorethe masonry on the roof of Edinburgh’s City Observator­y on Calton Hill. It was designed in 1818 by William Henry Playfair, who also created the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy and who was born on this day in 1790

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PICTURE: NEIL HANNA

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