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Apollo
August 16, 2012, 10:07pm Report to Moderator Report to Moderator

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The haven't sold it to wealthy Chinaman for his back garden, and it's not going very far, but it will be given a stone-by-stone tear-down and rebuild:
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An 18 Century cottage in Edinburgh which was painstakingly removed stone by numbered stone is to be put back together less than two miles away.

Botanic Cottage was the gateway to the previous Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) site in Leith Walk between 1764 to 1821.

When RBGE transferred the Leith Walk plant collections to Inverleith, in 1820, the cottage fell into disrepair.

It then faced demolition in 2008 before campaigners saved it.

Friends of Hopetoun Gardens, saved the building and a small grant was secured to take it down stone by stone.

Historical value

In 2009 the Botanic Cottage Trust was formed to secure a new future for the cottage at Inverleith.

During this process, it was found to have "immense historical and heritage value", with "fascinating connections" to the construction of the New Town and the Scottish Enlightenment.

Now the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has approved the first round of a £1.2m bid to rebuild it using its original materials in the Demonstration Garden to the north of the Botanics' site.

The cottage was used by Professor John Hope, a botanist of international renown and a leading character in the Scottish Enlightenment, who taught students about the emerging science of botany.

Once it is rebuilt it will be used as an education centre.

Botanic Cottage to be rebuilt using same stones in Edinburgh
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The Fox
August 16, 2012, 10:38pm Report to Moderator Report to Moderator

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I cannot believe that they are going to number more than the  facing stones as most Scottish houses were built of rubble with  larger stones on the outer and inner leaves and small stuff in the centre.    To number the lot would run into millions and many of the smaller stones would not be big enough to take the numbers!

Yet another news story that probably doesn't quite mean what it says.
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Apollo
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Did you see the drawing shown with the article?

The cottage and wings are clearly built in stone block, and these can be numbered and reassembled as they were inside and out.

Any infill will just be exactly that, and not relevant to the appearance or shape of the structure.

They're not suggesting the work will number things at the pebble level - this work only applies to the built structure, the stones the masons would have prepared.

Be interesting to know if they planned on retaining the wood. Fine if it is preserved, but if various forms of rot set in over the years, they might have to open an account at the nearest B&Q

I think it means exactly what it says - after all, they would hardly try and fit the same mortar or lime back in place... they'd mix new.

Now you've also got me wondering if there is any original decoration to be taken down and refitted later.
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