FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INVERNESS, SCOTLAND — 16 September 2024 — The Boleskine House Foundation SCIO, a registered Scottish charity has agreed a contract for the interior restoration of Boleskine House. The work is set to commence with immediate effect with local Beauly firm Simpson Builders overseeing the 55-week programme. Suffering two fires in its recent
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INVERNESS, SCOTLAND — 14 August 2024 — The Highland Council Planning Team has awarded listed building consent to The Boleskine House Foundation SCIO, a registered Scottish charity, for its complete internal designs. Work is intended to begin in September and run for 55 weeks, seeing the completion of the restoration of Boleskine
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We are delighted to announce that after a long period of time being closed due to Covid 19 we are now able to open up Boleskine House to visitors again from 30 April 2021! We will provide guided tours of Boleskine House and its estate, sharing with you the story of the project so far
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The Boleskine House Foundation SCIO is a registered charity with the OSCR with number SC049568. Its aims are educational and according to its constitution include: (a) The restoration and preservation of the Boleskine House estate; and (b) To advance the education of the public in the subject of local Scottish history, with particular emphasis on
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce that the Historic Environment Team of the Highland Council have supported the plans for our conservation-led approach to the rebuild of Boleskine House’s outer shell. Commenting on the proposals publicly, they said: “The proposal is to reinstate the external envelope of Boleskine House, a fire-damaged Listed Building that is at
Read MoreOn 7 January 2016 Boleskine House was given a Dangerous Buildings Notice pursuant to the powers granted to the Highland Council under the Building (Scotland) Act 2003. The reason for this was because of how unsafe the structure had become after the first fire a few weeks prior. On 22 July 2020 we applied to
Read MoreUnder statutory requirements, the accounts of Scottish charities must be externally scrutinised by someone who is independent of the charity. This person reviews the charity’s accounts and produces a report, attached to the charity’s accounts submitted to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. These reports highlight any issues to the OSCR should any arise. External scrutiny
Read MoreWe have now erected a scaffold around the entire perimeter of Boleskine House, enabling works to be planned for the consolidation of the stone wall head. A team of scaffolders from local firm Northscaff Ltd have worked for several weeks to design and then build the scaffold on site. This comes at considerable cost, but
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After a number of detailed discussions with the Highland Council in relation to the standing chimney in the ‘drawing room’, we have now completed the works to preserve this part of the building. After erecting a structural scaffold around the chimney and gable, we then appointed masons from Harper and Allan Masonry Ltd to work
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Following the grant of listed building consent under application reference 20/01665/LBC, we have now completed the removal of all of the concrete render from the building. Our professionally appointed masons from Harper and Allan Masonry Ltd did all of the removal works, and four volunteers helped to collect all of the concrete off the floor
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