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High Sunderland, Galashiels

A forensic approach to building conservation and reuse by Loader Monteith saved a Category A-listed modernist icon

Loader Monteith.
Loader Monteith. Credit: Dapple photography

Loader Monteith for Juliet Kinchin and Paul Stirton
Contract value: £290,000
GIA: 273m2
Cost per m2: £2,000

High Sunderland is a 1957 Category A-listed modernist icon designed by Peter Womersley. Its future was in jeopardy following a fire in 2017 until new owners Juliet Kinchin and Paul Stirton – both Scottish historians of architecture and design – appointed Loader Monteith to undertake an extraordinarily careful and skilful restoration. The result combines a forensic approach to building conservation and reuse, while improving High Sunderland’s energy performance.

  • Loader Monteith.
    Loader Monteith. Credit: Dapple photography
  • Loader Monteith.
    Loader Monteith. Credit: Dapple photography
  • Loader Monteith.
    Loader Monteith. Credit: Dapple photography
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