A storybook cottage, re-inked into something very special
What began in 1880 as a humble two-roomed cottage waited more than a century to connect its stone bones to a fully-fledged printery, giving this sprawling residence a backstory like nothing Stirling has ever seen - and a first impression that makes you want to read on…
As the story goes, the printery was attached in 1986 and decommissioned in 2002; the moment its bold, architectural structure would become part of a greater home with two very opposing chapters.
The transition between the carefully restored cottage and printery is both smooth and wonderfully jarring…
One second, you're admiring the working fireplaces, sash windows and original wall colours of a semi self-contained cottage that was expanded in 1910.
The next, you're strolling through large, open voids with industrial cues, soaring ceilings, clerestory windows and many unanswered questions.
What's up there, you'll ask? It's a mezzanine etched into the roof space; a li
