Project Overview

project name: Crawfordton House, Moniaive, Dumfriesshire
quantity surveyor: Gardiner & Theobald
client: Casale Development Company Ltd.
services consultant: Irons Foulner
value: £2.1m
structural engineer: Elliot & Co
architect: LDN Architects LLP
main contractor: Taylor and Fraser

The project which involved the refurbishment and restoration of a derelict 19th century Grade “B” listed from its former use as a private school back to a family home, and included the sympathetic dismantling of a modern-day extension and returning the building façade back to its former glory.

Scope of Work

The work involved extensive repairs to disturbed sandstone walling and the restoration and development of the roof structure involving lead, slate, joiner work, metal and cast-iron repair works together with the refurbishment and repair of existing windows, this necessitated the requirement for an independent Haki Temporary Scaffold roof and full scaffold encapsulation system to be design & installed for the duration of the exterior conservation works.

  • Grade “B” listed building
  • Remote location
  • Sensitive demolition works
  • Conservation works
  • Temporary Haki scaffolding roof and scaffolding encapsulation, design & construct
  • Building services installation, mechanical & electrical
  • Refurbishment works internal and external
  • Structural and façade repairs and refurbishment
  • Roof and stone work repairs and refurbishment
  • Metalwork & cast iron repair and refurbishment
  • Window repairs and renewal
  • Plaster repairs
  • Sensitive treatment of historic features such as cast-iron aedicule
  • Replacement and overhaul of existing ‘fish tail’ slates to turret roofs
  • Complete replacement of some turret roof structures