Balintore Castle Restoration Project

There was a single storey walkway on the north side of the main body of the castle with a lead covered roof. Duh! Naturally this was the a...

'Tis the season for roof repairs! We suspected a residual leak high up on the east elevation was coming from a box gutter above the (...

Many thanks for the feedback on my letter in the previous blog entry. Taking all views into account, including those of sensitive and intel...

This blog entry is part of a far larger story that has yet to emerge. However, the basic rationale goes as follows: when one is the victim o...

The roof of Balintore Castle is a complex landscape of apexes, valleys, eaves, towers, finials, viewing platforms and turrets. While this gi...

The picture below shows the external scaffolding currently in place on the east elevation, that has been erected to fix a leak in the lead b...

Many thanks to the friends who emailed this scanned image to me today. This is the first time I have seen a detailed picture of the dining ...