The Mingary Castle restoration blog was written by Jon Haylett, who lives in the local village of Kilchoan. Now that restoration is almost complete Holly and Chris Bull will take over to report on bringing the Castle back to life.

Friday, 18 September 2015

Progress is a wonderful thing.

We saw classic west coast weather today and we should have expected the clear skies to turn dark but instead we got soaked during our visit as we had forgotten our coats...




but a bit of bad weather is not enough to slow progress. There is now a raised plinth in the centre of the garden.........


and the gate posts are now in and look fantastic. They still have one more to instal for the main gate. The pedestrian gate is ready to be hung after Damian has done another great job of the surrounding walling.



The next part of the joinery is appearing as the door linings are on site and being made up to be fitted....


and there is a new door in the kitchen, its great to see it has glass panels to let in the light as there are no windows!


The profile of the door casements and all the panelling have been specifically designed for Mingary by the architect and taylor made showing the high level of detail going into the building....


All the Master Bedroom door casements have been fitted and the room is now ready for the fabric panels to be fitted.


The electricians from R&B Electrics are back on site and here is Bret testing lighting through out the castle before.......



.....going on to add the final fixtures. We love the pattern these cast on the ceiling on the top floor.


With so many builders and tradesmen on site it is always a pleasure to see how much care and the work they put into everything, even the tidying up. The broom was moving so fast I couldn't get a picture that wasn't blurred.




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