Reg.Nr. 91/UK/050

Robert Smail´s Printing Works, Innerleithen

Restoration of a 120-year-old printing works including a Victorian office, composing room, machine room, paper store and shop. The restoration preserved the authentic atmosphere of a small jobbing printworks where 50 "guardbooks" recording the social history of a small Scottish ...
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Project details

Title:Robert Smail´s Printing Works, Innerleithen
Entr. year: 1991
Result:Diploma
Country: United Kingdom
Town: Innerleithen, Scottish Borders (Scotland)
Category type: architectural heritage
Building type/ Project type: industrial heritage
Former use:Printing works
Actual use:Historic printing works open to the public
Built: 19th century
Architect / Proj.leader: Dennis G. Rodwell, Architect
The Jury's citation: "For the restoration of a 120 year old printing works preserving its machinery and atmosphere, for use as a visitor centre"
Web, Links:

www.nts.org.uk/Visit/Robert-Smails/

Description:
Restoration of a 120-year-old printing works including a Victorian office, composing room, machine room, paper store and shop. The restoration preserved the authentic atmosphere of a small jobbing printworks where 50 "guardbooks" recording the social history of a small Scottish Borders community over a period of more than a century were found and conserved. Vintage working machinery.