Crick Smith
Gunsgreen, Eyemouth
Designed by John Adam, the leading Scottish architect of the period, Gunsgreen House was built in 1752 for John Nisbet , an Eyemouth merchant. Together with his brother David, John Nesbit led a double life as a smuggler, and the interior of the house still shows bears evidence of this secret trade..
After John Nisbet was declared bankrupt in1787, the house was sold, and subsequently changed hands several times. After being used for a variety of purposes, including a Golf Club, by the 1990s the property had become derelict until The Gunsgreen House Trust took over the conservation and restoration of the house in 1998.
Crick Smith were commissioned by the Trust to undertake conservation work in the Stone Hall, where the walls are decorated to resemble ashlar stone blocks. This work involved the cleaning, gap filling and colour matching of the painted surfaces. The cornice was similarly conserved, including replicating some missing details.
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