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Cover image showing a stone wall at black bull close in Dunbar refurbished and bound with lime mortar

Refurbishment Case Study 26

Black Bull Close, Dunbar: Hot-Mixed Lime Mortar Trials

A trial project in Dunbar which aimed to test how hot-mixed lime mortars can be used in the repair and rebuilding of a traditional Scottish boundary wall.

Cover image featuring a grey panel with the title and information about the publication and a photograph of a traditional cottage

Refurbishment Case Study 27

Holm Farm Cottage

This case study looks at works to improve ventilation and insulation in a traditional building to prevent the re-growth of mould.

Front cover of Refurbishment Case Study 28

Refurbishment Case Study 28

Lime Pointing and Repair Works to Hobkirk Church, Hawick

A case study to pilot the use of hot mixed mortars and other conservation repairs.

Front cover of refurbishment case study 29

Refurbishment Case Study 29

Maintenance and Adaptation Works at Falkland House Stables, Fife

A case study to pilot hot mixed mortars, linseed oil paint and rainwater goods maintenance.

Refurbishment Case Study 3

Refurbishment Case Study 3

Wee Causeway, Culross – Insulation to walls and roof

A case study on upgrade work carried out to a detached stone cottage in Culross, Fife.

Cover page featuring a photograph of the Gray House at Errol

Refurbishment Case Study 30

Gray House, Errol: Repairing A Mudwall Home

This Refurbishment Case Study describes the works done to repair a mudwall domestic building.

Cover image featuring Harlawhill House

Refurbishment Case Study 31

Harlawhill House, Prestonpans: Interim repair work

This Refurbishment Case Study describes interim repair works to help conserve a building with a complex history of neglect.

Cover page featuring a thatched cottage with white painted stone walls

Refurbishment Case Study 32

Cruck Cottage, Torthorwald

A case study describing works to a small vernacular building in Torthowald, Dumfries and Galloway.

A stone church on a sunny day with blue skies in the background

Refurbishment Case Study 33

St Athernase Church, Leuchars

This case study describes ground works undertaken at a historic graveyard in Leuchars