By the early 1990s, and after nearly a century of use, the future of Norton Park School was brought into question. With its original function gone and later use for workshops and storage insufficient to justify the increasingly onerous maintenance and heating costs, a decision had to be taken about the future of this building.At the same time, a need was identified to provide city centre accommodation for the voluntary and charitable sectors in Edinburgh. This new use justified the repair and conversion of Norton Park School. A new charity, the Albion Trust, was formed, which successfully raised funds and converted the building, incorporating the rigorous requirements of Historic Scotland and achieving the very highest environmental and accessibility standards.
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Richard N. Atkins (1999) studied this question.