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Borodale House, New Distillery

Isle of Raasay
Client: R & B Distillers
Architect: ABIR Architects
Contractor: Colorado Group
Completed: 2017
Value: £3m
Photographer: Peter Lawson, Narro revit structural model

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Project overview

Narro worked with Edinburgh-based R&B Distillers Ltd and ABIR Architects on the conversion of Borodale House, formerly the Isle of Raasay Hotel, into a new distillery producing batched runs of whisky for a niche market.

The project included the conversion of the 1870 detached villa which sits above the main road from the pier to Inverarish and the 1980s accommodation wing to the north of the house was demolished to make way for the new production facility. This is a bespoke steel and exposed glulam frame which incorporates an element of ‘theatre’, with the stills displayed and illuminated so as to be visible to passing traffic and, at a distance, from approaching ferry passengers. We were also responsible for the design of an extensive gabion basket retaining wall which surrounds the lower site along with a new steel frame warehouse, access roads, ancillary buildings and below ground drainage.

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David Narro

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Meet David Narro
David is a Chartered Structural and Civil Engineer and was Chairman of Narro, which he started in 1986.
BSc(Hons), CEng, FICE, FIStructE, Hon FRIAS, FConsE, Conservation Accredited Engineer

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Mark is a Chartered Structural Engineer and Board Director based at Narro’s Inverness office.
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Derek joined Narro’s Forres (now Inverness) office in 2016.
HNC Civil Engineering, TIStructE

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Kevin manages a team of 13 technicians and ensures that Narro continues to produce technical documents to expected high standard.
HND Structural & Transportation Engineering
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