Edinburgh is set to see a new mixeduse development at the corner of Hanover Street and Rose Street after Property developer RRH Hanover A Limited submitted an application for planning last month.
The project intends to repurpose the unused space above several commercial units, to create a 60-room hotel concept and tearoom, with the ground floor units offered as retail space. The hotel will also offer rooftop terraces with city views, a fitness studio, and a guest lounge overlooking the Mound and Princes Street Gardens.
It will complement 27 serviced apartments currently being developed by RRH at 71 George Street under the RÌGH Properties brand. Additionally, RRH plans to refurbish 73- 75 George Street into managed serviced apartments.
Designers Fletcher Joseph Associates also wanted to recognise the significance of the site, including the tearooms which were previously Crawford’s Tearooms, founded by William Crawford. William Crawford Senior opened his first bakery in Leith in 1813, and by the 1920s opened Crawford’s Tearooms to be an ‘oasis of calm on bustling Princes Street’.
David Grieve from RRH said, “We are incredibly excited to be submitting a planning application for this development, which includes the delivery of 60 unique and individually styled flexible stay hotel suites and luxury bedrooms, as well as returning the fabulous Crawford’s Tea Rooms to their former glory.
“Delivering a highly sustainable development, this will consolidate unused space above the retail units into a series of linked properties, and conscious of its location, we have been highly sensitive to retaining all buildings and features considered to be of architectural and historic merit.”.