📆 Restoration Story So Far - Free Event on Thursday 1 June 2023 6-9pm in Dunblane Cathedral Hall
Added at 10:34 on 18 April 2023
There's a great chance for you to hear, at a FREE event, about the restoration so far of Dunblane's historic 17th century Leighton Library
This will be held on Thursday 1 June from 6pm-9pm in Dunblane Cathedral Hall - booking is essential so please use the link at the foot of this page to register
🚪 Doors Open at 6pm to give you a chance to look at the marvellously detailed photographs taken by Tom Astbury during the restoration work
🗣️ Then hear from those closely involved in the restoration project:
📚 Opening Address from Alastair MacDonald of the Leighton Library Executive Group
🪙 Words of welcome and thanks from The Right Honourable The Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, Patron of the Leighton Library
📚 Hear why the Leighton Library Collection is so important, from Dr Kelsey Jackson Williams, Associate Professor of Early Modern Literature at the University of Stirling
🏛️ Listen to Rosalind Taylor, founder of the architects Tod and Taylor in Edinburgh, talk about the Architectural Restoration of the Leighton Library
👷♂️ Hear from Scott Gillies, master stone mason from Gillies and Farrell Stonemasons about the meticulous masonry work involved in the restoration of this 17th-century building
⚒️ Listen to Graciela Ainsworth, sculpture conservationist, founder of Graciela Ainsworth Sculpture Conservation, about the Story of the Cartouche
🍷 Light refreshments will be available
💷 There will be the opportunity to donate to the Leighton Library Restoration Appeal. Click on this link if you'd like to donate online to the Leighton Library Restoration Appeal
🎫 Click on this link to register for your free ticket to the Restoration Story event
You can watch the recording from the event at this link