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Refurbishment Case Study 10

Refurbishment Case Study 10

Rothesay, Installation of insulation and secondary glazing

Information on thermal performance improvements at two residential properties in Rothesay.

Cover image featuring a photograph of a traditional rural building

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

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

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.

Cover image of 2024 press pack

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

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.

A cover page featuring an aerial photo of streets lined with blonde sandstone tenements with slate roofs

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

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

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.