Listed below are the CliffsNotes model of what you want to learn about Lamb’s Home, positioned in Edinburgh’s port of Leith: The house was inbuilt 1610 for a rich service provider (Andrew Lamb); Mary Queen of Scots was rumored to have as soon as been a visitor there; its restoration greater than 400 years later by Groves-Raines Architects has gained a load of awards.
Whereas these information talk the significance of the constructing, they don’t convey its soul, which had almost perished resulting from neglect over the centuries earlier than being masterfully introduced again to life by its present house owners, architects Kristin Hannesdottir and Nick Groves-Raines. The 2, companions in life and work, couldn’t be extra certified or devoted custodians. Their agency is answerable for resuscitating a few of Scotland’s most notable architectural treasures, together with most of the lavish guesthouses and inns owned by Wildland Restricted.
Restoring the historic four-story constructing was an enormous endeavor. It required eradicating all of the “inappropriate” alterations (together with an ill-advised elevator, put in within the Sixties), conserving what they may (e.g., the stone stairs, the wood ceiling beams), then meticulously including again in interval particulars like leaded glass home windows and handmade ironmongery. The most important problem? “In all probability value,” replies Kristin. “We knew what we wished to do and the best way to do it.”
Certainly. Immediately, Lamb’s Home is as soon as once more the spirited and stylish constructing it as soon as was. It’s the couple’s residence base—for every thing. The 2 reside there; work there (a brand new addition homes their agency); and share their love for conservation there, by way of a newly constructed guesthouse (out there for short-term leases) they name the Pavilion at Lamb’s Home.
Under, Kristin takes us on a tour of their non-public residence. (Go right here to tour the guesthouse.)
Pictures by Murdo McDermid.
