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![Refurbishment Case Study 10](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/25bbc452-3853-4b9e-9aab-a71d00b367d2/refurb-case-study-10-cover.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Refurbishment Case Study 10
Rothesay, Installation of insulation and secondary glazing
Information on thermal performance improvements at two residential properties in Rothesay.
Rural Buildings of the Lothians
Guide for Practitioners 1
Building advice and information to support repairs and sensitive conversions of rural buildings in the Lothians.
![Front cover of Dryburgh Abbey Conservation Management Plan](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/562e5946-e9c8-458f-8ea1-a98c00e47ab5/dryburgh-abbey-conservation-management-plan-cover.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Dryburgh Abbey Conservation Management Plan
This plan provides an informal basis for the future management of the Dryburgh Abbey Grounds.
![Research Report: The dendrochronology and art history of sample of 16th and 17th century painted ceilings](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/c0c0bc35-ccc9-42a5-b0bc-a73600c8539b/Dendro%20report%20March%202017.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Painted ceilings from 16th and 17th century properties
A technical paper commissioned in collaboration with AOC Archaeology providing information on a collection of painted ceilings from 16th and 17th century properties.
Press Pack
The communications office is the first point of contact for media seeking information, interviews or expert comment on Scotland’s historic environment.
![A Grammar of Colouring](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/28709fac-bc22-432c-9b18-a5ad00c33aad/A%20Grammar%20of%20Colouring.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
A Grammar of Colouring
A compilation of the 1800s chemist, George Field, intended to give decorative artists information on the origin, composition and properties of various pigments, dyes and paints.
Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies
Historic and Traditional Buildings
This document contains information to support anyone producing, revising or working with Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEES) in relation to traditional buildings and the historic built environment.
![Early Historic Scotland](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/7ec44847-d9bb-4794-9742-a60a00b58ec4/early%20historic%20scotland.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Early Historic Scotland
"Early Historic Scotland" is a leaflet that provides an overview early Historic Scotland, a period extending from about AD 400 to 1000 from which little written information survives.
![TAN 20 - Corrosion in Masonry Clad Early Twentieth Century Steel Framed Buiildings](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/d537f1f9-f061-4b37-8019-a5c20108bf7f/TAN%2020%20-%20Corrision%20in%20Masonry%20Clad%20Early%20Twentieth%20Century%20Steel%20Framed%20Buildings.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
TAN 20 - Corrosion in Masonry Clad Early Twentieth Century Steel Framed Buildings
A guide to repair and details of newer technologies regarding masonry clad steel-framed buildings.