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Mingary Castle: Managers Appointed
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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. Thursday, 16 July 2015. So, for example, the west and south walls are being revealed in their full glory for the first time. But, as always seems to happen. On the attic level, the walls are receiving their top coat. They'll lose none of their brightness as the colour being...
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Mingary Castle: Grand Staircase Installed
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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. Thursday, 6 August 2015. The stone wall building machine was still at it when I arrived at the castle yesterday morning on another damp day - not that the weathers seems to affect the cheerfulness of those working there, nor does it slow the pace of work. Go on - be a part of it.
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Mingary Castle: November 2014
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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. Saturday, 29 November 2014. There's still some way to go however. The windows have a couple of layers of paint to go on them, which will be a slightly lighter shade of grey, there is some leadwork to be completed, and. The last three weeks' fine weather has helped, so there hav...
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Mingary Castle: Stone Walls
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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, 31 July 2015. I love this view of the castle. It's a brute of a building, solid, uncompromising and simply beautiful - and the view is being enhanced by stonemason Damien, who is a stone wall building machine. He's just visible at bottom right. By comparison with the ex...
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Mingary Castle: October 2014
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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. Thursday, 30 October 2014. Despite these dismal conditions, building has continued apace, and one of the main areas of development has been along the battlements. What isn't in doubt is the quality of the workmanship that's gone into rebuilding these walls. Every piece of r...
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Mingary Castle: July 2015
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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, 31 July 2015. I love this view of the castle. It's a brute of a building, solid, uncompromising and simply beautiful - and the view is being enhanced by stonemason Damien, who is a stone wall building machine. He's just visible at bottom right. By comparison with the ex...
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Mingary Castle: January 2015
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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, 30 January 2015. This was the view yesterday morning from the scaffolding looking east towards Ben Hiant as another snow shower cleared away. It's making for pretty miserable conditions on site, not that. Because of the weather, most of the Ashley-Thompson workforce is ...
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Mingary Castle: June 2015
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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, 26 June 2015. A Tour of the Site. It's good to see Sebastian Evans (left) and Tim Birbeck of TSB Ironcraft. Of Rishton, Lancashire, back this week to complete work on the iron railings which run along the inside of the battlements, up the steep external stairs, and alon...
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Mingary Castle: August 2015
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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. Thursday, 27 August 2015. The scaffolding is now down throughout the courtyard so the full impact of the harling can be appreciated. Despite the lack of sun, the courtyard is much lighter, and the buildings seem more imposing. All the lead hoppers and downpipes are in place, an...
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Mingary Castle: Landscaping
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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, 10 July 2015. A road is being put through here to give access to the shoreline just to the east of the castle. All the offices, storage containers, loose building materials and temporary caravans have been removed since last week to allow work to start on landscaping th...