Conservation

As much as half of Smith & Garratt’s energy is spent on the conservation of special buildings. Conservation is about preparing a building for continued use or a new use; in many cases it is about saving the building by making it useful. Conservation involves a mix of preservation, restoration and alteration. 

Our favourite conservation projects begin by working on a concept with our client, preparing designs and taking them through the local authority consent processes – listed building consent and building standards approval – before dealing with procurement and project delivery.

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Case Studies

Kinloch Castle

The names of a few great houses come up time and again when conservation specialists get talking.  One such is Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum (built 1897-1900, Category-A).  Play-house of unimaginably wealthy and eccentric industrialists, the Bullough’s (mass manufacturers of spinning and weaving machinery during Britain’s imperial century), and finished, furnished and equipped … Read more

Marchmont House

A-Listed Palladian mansion, Marchmont House in Berwickshire was built 1750-55 by Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont, substantially to a 1730s design by William Adam, overseen after Adam’s death by Thomas Gibson.  Fittings included some of Thomas Clayton’s finest plasterwork.  It was bought at auction in 1913 by industrialist Robert McEwen, with only minor alterations … Read more

Bughtrig House

A-Listed Bughtrig House, Berwickshire has been extended several times since construction of the original three-bay house around 1785.  Smith & Garratt were engaged by the Ramsay family to undertake a comprehensive programme of restoration, repair, and renovation, including asbestos removal, renewables (solar, PV, and GSHP), and installation of a new, technically challenging, limestone, cantilevered staircase … Read more
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