Grant funded projects
New Street #1, Cockenzie
A late nineteenth century stone built cottage close to Cockenzie High Street.
The CARS scheme carried out the following repairs to the property:
- Rebuilt east chimney in a suitable matching sandstone, retaining as much original stone as possible
- Repointed the walls using a lime-based mortar on the upper end of the east gable.
- A few sections of badly decayed stone were replaced with a suitable new stone
- Minor repairs to east chimney, and the chimney pots were secured "haunched" in place using a lime based mortar
- The traditional slate roof was stripped and reslated, reusing as much of the traditional Scottish slate as possible. New slates were used at the rear.
- The stone skews were repaired, and the worn skew fillets were replaced.
- Cast iron rainwater goods repaired
- uPVC windows, were replaced with traditional timber sash and case windows, which have a longer lifespan and a smaller carbon footprint.
New Street #2, Cockenzie
- Stone house built in 1856, originally four flats with a large shared attic (for storing fishing nets).
- uPVC windows, were replaced with traditional timber sash and case windows
- Front and rear roof was stripped and reslated, maintaining as much of the original slate as possible
- Badly decayed stone (due to masonry bees as well as weathering) was replaced with suitable replacements. Camphill (quarried in Northumberland) was used for the window rybats, lintols and cills, and Blaxter (also from Northumberland) was used to replace the decayed rubble stone.
- Where repointing was required, a lime based mortar was used instead of cement. Cement accelerates decay on stone due to its impermeability - any incoming water cannot escape back out through the cement, so comes out through the stone instead, causing decay. Lime is a lot softer and permeable, which allows water to escape back through the lime instead of the stone.
- Repairs to both chimneys and all four skews
