Conservation vs Restoration

So what are we doing with Stronvar? Are we conserving a building that’s performed many functions over the centuries? Are we restoring the original building or are we transforming it into a modern home, albeit one with a very obvious history?

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History and Vision

Background

Stronvar Farm is the major part of a steading complex of the style typical of the great estates of the rural Highlands. Now B Listed, it was originally the service building for nearby Stronvar House, itself the centre of the old Carnegie estate.  Stronvar Farm included hay lofts, a byre and stables, the dairy, coach house and coachman’s accommodation.

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