Nos 28-30 High Street and 2 John Street together with 4-6 John Street and the Storehouse at 22 High Street grant aided work through the Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Project (PHRP) have just been completed .These schemes have significantly improved the appearance of this part of the town . The owners are very happy with the… continue reading »
Students from Penicuik High and Beeslack schools have just completed the repair and restoration work to some areas of the stone boundary walls in St Mungo’s churchyard.Over 3.5 weeks 18 students under the expert guidance of Craig Frew Conservation Ltd carried out the repair , which involved raking out defective cement mortar and then repairing… continue reading »
The Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Project (PHRP) had a stand in the Park at the Hunter and Lass event with Craig Frew Conservation ltd, one of the project’s training providers on Saturday 28th May 2022.The stand was there to promote the work of the PHRP but also to demonstrate traditional construction skills and to encourage people… continue reading »
The Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Project (PHRP) will be present at the Penicuik Hunter and Lass event this year.We will have a demonstration stand in the Park on the afternoon of Saturday 28th May 2022 with one of our training providers , Craig Frew Conservation Ltd . Craig and his expert team will be demonstrating some… continue reading »
The Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Project (PHRP) on site training continues in St Mungo’s churchyard. Students from Penicuik High and Beeslack schools are being given the chance to learn about traditional construction skills by having a hands on experience , repairing some stone boundary walls in St Mungo’s churchyard. The training is over a three week… continue reading »
The next phase of the Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Project (PHRP) traditional construction skills training plan has started at St Mungo’s churchyard in Penicuik .Six high school students from Beeslack commenced their training on Monday , to repair and repoint parts of the churchyard stone boundary walls. The Project’s training provider , Craig Frew Conservation Ltd… continue reading »
Newsletter no 5 has just been produced. This gives a brief update on the project so far which includes recent building grant approvals , the next phase of the public realm work and progress made with the community and education/training work. Please click here to download the newsletter.
Fiona Maher the PHRP artist in residence will be undertaking a Paper making workshop in Penicuik Town Hall this coming Saturday , May 14th 2022 . Participates will be able to create a sheet of paper…..draw with paper pulp……create the North Esk river in coloured paper pulp. This is part of the ongoing project celebrating… continue reading »
Fiona Maher the PHRP’s artist in residence has been working in the Pen-y-Coe Press. During the micro residency at Pen-y- Coe press people were invited to assist in recreating the River North Esk , based on an 1866 map which also featured the paper mills of the time. In the latter part of the papermaking… continue reading »
As part of the Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Project(PHRP), training plan workshops were delivered by one of our training providers , Edinburgh College at their campus at the College Forthside workshops for students at Penicuik High and Beeslack schools . 12 students from each school attended over two days , 28th and 30th March and undertook… continue reading »
