Stronvar Dev_V8

DESIGN INTENT
STATEMENT
Since the current owners took possession of the house in 2016 the building,
with its specialist conservation design team and contractor, has commenced its
journey back to a fine country mansion house and its former glory.
In this time, it has undergone a wide programme of repairs and reinstatement
of slate and lead roof renewal, cast iron gutters, downpipes, lower ground floor
tanking, stone cleaning along with window renewal and window repair. All
works have been carried out to Scottish Heritage Conservation specifications
to seamlessly reinstate traditional new materials beside the historic existing
fabric.
Within the building there remain many original features which will be retained
and form the basis for Conservation led restoration. These include a variety of
fine fireplaces in the main apartments and some bedrooms. Key components
of the restored interiors will be the magnificently proportioned, high ceiling
rooms and apartments which will be retained in their original forms.
From existing plaster cornices and panelled ceilings moulds will be taken new
ceiling formed as original. Where they have been lost they will reinstated from
reproduction catalogues from the Victorian Period, for cornice, ceiling panels
and picture rails. Similarly, many of the fine timber moulded wall panels
remain to dado height withing main apartments. These are complimented
by Victorian fielded and recessed moulded panelled window ingo linings and
folding shutter. The shutters can be made operational to work as designed to
enhance both thermal and physical protection of the building.