118 Braemar castle - Harper and Allan Masonry
BRAEMAR CASTLE - HARPER AND ALLAN MASONRY
Harper and Allan Masonry are a stonemasonry company specialising in the repair / conservation and maintenance of traditionally built buildings . Set up in 2015 by Andrew Allan and Steven Harper the company is based in Keith , Banffshire but can operate throughout Scotland .
Between the directors they have over 30 years experience working with traditional buildings , materials , techniques and managing major refurbishment projects .
Dedicated to provide high quality workmanship and personal customer service from Castle to Cottage services include :
• Stone Indenting , Carving & Letter Cutting
• Lime Harling / Limewashing
• Lime Mortar Pointing
• Lime Based Stone Mortar Repairs
• Masonry Building , Stabilisation and Consolidation
• Stone Cleaning and Conservation
• Lime Plastering
• Building Inspections and Surveys
The latest project the company are involved in is taking place at Braemer Castle . Braemar Castle has been a distinctive feature of the landscape for almost 400 years and a witness to dramatic events throughout its history . Since 2007 , it has thrived as a visitor attraction under the capable management of the local community .
Now , as the Castle shows signs of its age , the community is delivering a new £ 1.6m vision to conserve the Castle , re-develop its grounds and take it out into the community through to an ambitious and far-reaching programme for learning and engagement .
A castle re-development project might normally be expected to start and end with the conservation of a historic property . What makes Raising the Standard distinctive is that the need for remedial works on Braemar Castle has been simply the catalyst for the most ambitious re-imagining not just of what the Castle is but what it can do to create broader benefit for all .
The project ’ s commitment to community benefit ensures that it has maximum impact . It re-defines Braemar ’ s place in the wider region : no longer do visitors , schools or community groups have to come to Braemar . Through its community programme , the Castle will go out , better serving its existing audience and finding new ones . In a remote and dispersed community , only through such means can a visitor attraction fully achieve its potential . This is a transformative initiative and its results will be seen and felt in every aspect of its activities .
The conservation project is focused on caring for a spectacular and much-loved asset by sympathetic repair , improving visitor facilities to create a contemporary and comfortable visitor experience and presenting the fascinating collections of objects to best reveal their engaging stories . The themes of a visit encompass Clans and Culture , Rivals , Risings and Redcoats and Hunting , Hosting and Haute Couture .
Raising the Standard will entirely renew the Castle as a visitor destination by improving visitor facilities : creating a new reception which sets the context of a visit , provides new interpretation , explaining what the visitor sees in the Castle and grounds ( linking them to and interpreting the Highland landscape ); conserving the collections , enhancing the way in which they are described and their significance explained ; improving visitor access and upgrading services throughout and providing new disabled toilets ; re-harling the exterior
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