ELITE CONSTRUCTION VOL3 ISSUE11

The scheme was to complete a ful refurbishment
to the building providing a cafe, exhibition shop
and educational facilities including an extension to
the stables, restoration of the exisiting glasshouses
and remidiel work to the existing Coach House. The
Cambo Stables education and visitor hub now has the
facilities to expand its activities, to provide an income
to ensure its sustainable future. The project got on the
way in August 2016 taking 12 months to complete.
Cambo Stables was built in 1879-84 after a f’ire
largely destroyed the earlier house, all the buildings
within the designed landscape date from the late
18th and early 19th centuries and the majority are
listed Category B. Thomas Erskine, 9th Earl of Kellie,
had extended the original house from 1795, and the
majority of the ancillary buildings appear to date from
this time and share some stylistic similarities.
The Coach House was built in the late 18th / early
19th century improvement cart shed and granary
type building, and although now known as the Coach
House, was probably used for work-a-day vehicles
in conjunction with the nearby stables and carriage
house proper. This building was no longer in use and
was in need of restoration if it was to survive. Repair,
conservation and adaptation was carried out to
provide accommodation for students and volunteers.
Elite caught up with Catherine Erskine Project
Manager from Cambo Heritage trust she said” This
phase of the Cambo Stables Project was primarily
concerned with the repair and conservation of the
Stables and Glasshouses within The Walled Garden
to provide a visitor hub, a focus for students and
volunteers and enhanced learning facilities. They lie
at the very heart of the designed landscape of Cambo
Estate. Cambo is a prime example of a picturesque,
model estate sensitively designed. It has been in
the Erskine family for 300 years and the surviving
historical records add high historical and cultural value
to the site.”
“Our aim at Cambo is not only to enhance the
visitor’s experience with arts activities but also to
‘turn the clock back’ on the estate and recreate
the opportunities that would have been available
to local people in the community 100 years ago,
providing training, apprenticeships and supported
employment.”
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