The Historic District

From what I can gather, the walls were probably just pointed stone originally, and then roughly plastered/rendered at a slightly later date - bare walls were a sign of poverty! - then re-plastered in the 1950s to give a smoother finish. The 50s plaster was badly cracked and much of it fell off at th...

Having got the keys to our new home (1880s Galloway cottage) a week before Chrismas, we decided 3 weeks of Lockdown was the ideal opportunity to make a start on our planned renovations. So on Boxing day we set about removing the modern fires surround, in readiness for installing a woodburning stove....

Just stumbled across this group, which looks like being a mine of useful information! We recently bought a slightly dilapidated 19th century country cottage in the Machars of Galloway. All the major works had been done, but we have set ourselves the mission of removing some of the less sympathetic r...