Craig Frew
@frewconservation.bsky.social
Historic building consultancy & training. Based in Fife 🏴 working anywhere with old buildings. IHBC HESPR. www.frewconservation.co.uk
🔨 Excited to announce our next one-day seminar and workshop: Repairing Historic Buildings: Traditional Masonry & Joinery
🗓️ Monday 9th June 2025 | 📍 The Stables, Falkland Estate, Fife
🎟️ Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/frewc...
🗓️ Monday 9th June 2025 | 📍 The Stables, Falkland Estate, Fife
🎟️ Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/frewc...
May 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🔨 Excited to announce our next one-day seminar and workshop: Repairing Historic Buildings: Traditional Masonry & Joinery
🗓️ Monday 9th June 2025 | 📍 The Stables, Falkland Estate, Fife
🎟️ Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/frewc...
🗓️ Monday 9th June 2025 | 📍 The Stables, Falkland Estate, Fife
🎟️ Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/frewc...
Drone image courtesy of LimeRich of one of our consultancy projects in Kintyre…more pics later. The castle was needing a new jacket - it’s now got a lovely new limey one…
March 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Drone image courtesy of LimeRich of one of our consultancy projects in Kintyre…more pics later. The castle was needing a new jacket - it’s now got a lovely new limey one…
I seem to be inspecting more churches than any other building type at the moment…not that I’m complaining! Thankfully the inside of this tower (in Fife) isn’t running with water like the two I’m investigating in Dunoon!
March 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I seem to be inspecting more churches than any other building type at the moment…not that I’m complaining! Thankfully the inside of this tower (in Fife) isn’t running with water like the two I’m investigating in Dunoon!
Back in Dunbar today assisting with Dunbar CARS grant funded building repair projects (mortar sampling, analysis and harl specification). Lovely day for admiring recent lime work undertaken by The Ridge project the-ridge.org.uk
March 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Back in Dunbar today assisting with Dunbar CARS grant funded building repair projects (mortar sampling, analysis and harl specification). Lovely day for admiring recent lime work undertaken by The Ridge project the-ridge.org.uk
Wemyss Bay Station, built 1903-4, Category A Listed Building…
February 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Wemyss Bay Station, built 1903-4, Category A Listed Building…
Does anyone have a copy of Judith Lawson’s ‘Building Stone of Glasgow’? I believe there is a reference to Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum being built of Locharbriggs. A photo or scan of that reference would be greatly appreciated 🤞
January 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Does anyone have a copy of Judith Lawson’s ‘Building Stone of Glasgow’? I believe there is a reference to Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum being built of Locharbriggs. A photo or scan of that reference would be greatly appreciated 🤞
Pointing, 1885, Glasgow city centre, rear courtyard elevation. A very common finish, largely ignored in ‘conservation’ repointing work. One exposed to weathering for 134 years, the other previously protected within the roof space of adjacent building now exposed.
January 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Pointing, 1885, Glasgow city centre, rear courtyard elevation. A very common finish, largely ignored in ‘conservation’ repointing work. One exposed to weathering for 134 years, the other previously protected within the roof space of adjacent building now exposed.
Rare to find such an intact terrace of original Scots slated roofs…
January 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Rare to find such an intact terrace of original Scots slated roofs…
On-site stone cleaning sample trials with Thermatech superheated water system to remove impermeable ‘Linostone’ type coatings and biological staining.... positive results so far without the need for any chemicals
January 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
On-site stone cleaning sample trials with Thermatech superheated water system to remove impermeable ‘Linostone’ type coatings and biological staining.... positive results so far without the need for any chemicals
North Uist from the sky. Loganair flight from Stornoway to Benbecula #worktravel
January 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
North Uist from the sky. Loganair flight from Stornoway to Benbecula #worktravel
Ongoing project on the Isle of Cumbrae to resolve water ingress problems. Working with ZM Architecture & Go-Wright Ltd.
January 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Ongoing project on the Isle of Cumbrae to resolve water ingress problems. Working with ZM Architecture & Go-Wright Ltd.
Throwback to 2022…working with Penicuik & Beeslack High pupils, Richard Fraser (LimeRich) & Andrew Bradley Stonemason on this work experience project to repair part of the historic walls to St Mungo’s churchyard using traditional materials & skills. Funded by Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Project
January 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Throwback to 2022…working with Penicuik & Beeslack High pupils, Richard Fraser (LimeRich) & Andrew Bradley Stonemason on this work experience project to repair part of the historic walls to St Mungo’s churchyard using traditional materials & skills. Funded by Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Project
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum looking a bit moody…
January 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum looking a bit moody…
Snow (before the thaw) and crisp winter light bring out the beauty of this refurbished sash and case window and freshly limewashed stonework ❄️
January 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Snow (before the thaw) and crisp winter light bring out the beauty of this refurbished sash and case window and freshly limewashed stonework ❄️
🎄✨ Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Craig & Laura at Frew Conservation! ✨🎄
We hope your holidays are filled with laughter, warmth, and time to appreciate the beauty around us (especially our historic buildings and places 😉). Thank you for all your support this year—it means the world to us🌟🏛️
We hope your holidays are filled with laughter, warmth, and time to appreciate the beauty around us (especially our historic buildings and places 😉). Thank you for all your support this year—it means the world to us🌟🏛️
December 20, 2024 at 10:21 AM
🎄✨ Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from Craig & Laura at Frew Conservation! ✨🎄
We hope your holidays are filled with laughter, warmth, and time to appreciate the beauty around us (especially our historic buildings and places 😉). Thank you for all your support this year—it means the world to us🌟🏛️
We hope your holidays are filled with laughter, warmth, and time to appreciate the beauty around us (especially our historic buildings and places 😉). Thank you for all your support this year—it means the world to us🌟🏛️
A few details you can’t fully appreciate when viewed from ground/street level… #charlesrenniemackintosh #glasgow #architecture #stonemasonry
December 1, 2024 at 3:33 PM
A few details you can’t fully appreciate when viewed from ground/street level… #charlesrenniemackintosh #glasgow #architecture #stonemasonry
NHL render failure. Why? Because it’s too weak. Mix ratios affect strength and durability as well as choice of binder. There’s not enough lime to bind the sand together here - the result is a crumbling mess that you can poke your finger into...
December 1, 2024 at 9:51 AM
NHL render failure. Why? Because it’s too weak. Mix ratios affect strength and durability as well as choice of binder. There’s not enough lime to bind the sand together here - the result is a crumbling mess that you can poke your finger into...
Repointing 2-3mm bed joints with a 7mm down aggregate probably wasn’t a great idea...
December 1, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Repointing 2-3mm bed joints with a 7mm down aggregate probably wasn’t a great idea...
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral…a personal favourite
November 24, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral…a personal favourite
Coventry Cathedral. Another from the archives...
November 24, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Coventry Cathedral. Another from the archives...
Portnahaven, Islay
November 24, 2024 at 8:04 AM
Portnahaven, Islay
Some funky roofs courtesy of Antoni Gaudi from the ‘archives’ #Barcelona
November 24, 2024 at 8:03 AM
Some funky roofs courtesy of Antoni Gaudi from the ‘archives’ #Barcelona
Unique? Any similar examples out there? I’ve seen similar styles but not quite so big stones…
November 23, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Unique? Any similar examples out there? I’ve seen similar styles but not quite so big stones…
Stained glass + sunlight =
November 23, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Stained glass + sunlight =