History Scotland

A LIFELONG PASSION

James Thomson OBE is best known as a renowned restauranter and hotelier, through his work as owner of Edinburgh hotels Prestonfield House and The Witchery. What is perhaps less well known is his work to restore these two historic buildings at the heart of the city’s history.

James was just 20 years of age when, in 1979, he bought a 16th-century tenement building on the Royal Mile,

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