Hicks Plastering, Masonry & Lime Work
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Lime Harling
The Glasgow School of Art, Blairs Steading, Altyre Estate.
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The Glasgow School of Art now occupy this grade A listed building, which was designed by the Architect Archibald Simpson around 1840. We were asked by Historic Scotland to ​replicate and match the original lime harling incorporating raw sienna pigment mussel shell.
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The existing Lime Harling was carefully removed.
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A sample of the original Harling with the later non breathable white paint with inclusions of mussel shell fragments.

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Various test samples using different natural pigments including the incorporation of crushed mussel shell.
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The final recipe including the mussel shells is designed to weather back naturally over time and slowly reveal the hidden ingredients. The area to the right has been washed back to reveal this.
​Prepared Stonework ready to receive the first of four coats.
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The finished building.
Hicks Plastering,  Runmerry Farm,  Alves,  Moray  IV36 2RB  Tel 01343 850387  Mobile 07966 225120
Email [email protected]


  • HOME
  • EXTERIOR SERVICES
    • Traditional Lime Work >
      • Traditional Lime Pointing
      • Lime Harling and Renders
    • Stone Cleaning
    • Ecological Construction
    • Modern Render Systems
  • INTERIOR SERVICES
    • Traditional Lime Plastering
    • Modern Plasters
    • Ornamental Plasterwork
  • PROJECTS
    • The Glasgow School of Art
    • The House of The Northern Gate, Thurso
    • Gate Houses, Dunecht Estates.
    • The Muckle Cross
  • CONTACT US