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CASE STUDIES
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Architectural Ironwork
in Stornoway – (available in
English and Gaelic)
Case Study 1: Conservation
of Phoebe Anna Traquair
Murals at Mansfield Traquair
Centre Edinburgh
The stunning cast ironwork in Stornoway is one of the largest
and best maintained examples of Victorian and Edwardian
architectural ironwork in the country. It is the focus of this
new publication which tells the story of the ironwork, its
enormous popularity in the 19th century, and how it survived
in Stornoway despite vanishing from much of Britain during
World War II, when large amounts were removed for the
war effort. The book has been produced in both English
and Gaelic and has been put together following the work
of Ali Davey, an Historic Scotland Research Fellow, who
photographed and recorded much
of Stornoway’s ironwork in 2006.
This Case Study gives an account of the conservation of
the mural paintings by Phoebe Anna Traquair in the former
Catholic Apostolic Church in Mansfield Place, Edinburgh.
It examines the history of the church and the murals.
142pp, A4, 2008 (PB),
ISBN 978 1904 966 31 9
ISBN 978 1 904 966 9 44
£6.00
Book 1 ENGLISH
Book 2 GAELIC
164pp, A4, 2007, (PB)
ISBN 1 904 966 50 0
£6.00
Conservation of Phoebe
Anna Traquair Murals – DVD
This DVD shows the techniques of conservation used for the
restoration of the mural paintings by Phoebe Anna Traquair
in the Former Catholic Apostolic Church in Mansfield Place,
Edinburgh.
£6.00
Story of Phoebe Anna
Traquair Murals – DVD
This Case Study gives an account of the conservation of the
mural paintings by Phoebe Anna Traquair in the Former
Catholic Apostolic Church in Mansfield Place, Edinburgh.
£6.00
Case Study 2: The
Investigation, Repair and
Conservation of the Doulton
Fountain, Glasgow Green
Case Study 3: Cottier’s in
Context - Daniel Cottier,
William Leiper and
Dowanhill Church, Glasgow
This Case Study follows the processes involved in the repair
and conservation of the Doulton Fountain, commissioned
for the Glasgow Exhibition of 1888, which stands on Glasgow
Green. The structure of this imposing terracotta fountain
had suffered badly from decay and vandilism and a major
conservation project was taken to repair this damage
culminating in the fountain being switched back on in 2005.
This report details all stages of this process from the initial
detailed research, planning the project, taking the fountain
down, manufacturing replacement elements and the final
re-erection of the structure.
This publication is the first of two volumes exploring the
life, work and influence of the Scottish-born designer Daniel
Cottier, his contemporary William Leiper, and the only church
decorated by Cottier to survive from this period at Dowanhill in
Glasgow. Available from March 2011
100pp, A4, 2009 (PB)
ISBN 978 1 904 966 62 3
£6.00
179pp, A4, 2011 (PB)
ISBN 978-1-84917-0529
£6.00
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