HERITAGE INTERIORS
Period interior decoration
Period cornicing repair, ceiling-rose restoration, hand-cut lines for listed and Conservation Area properties across EH3, EH4.
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EDINBURGH · STOCKBRIDGE
Award-Winning Painters and Decorators in Stockbridge
Georgian and early-Victorian terraces around Ann Street and Saxe-Coburg Place, Royal Crescent set-pieces, Comely Bank villas and Henderson Row mansion-flat conversions. Borthwick has worked Stockbridge for six decades — decorating, hand-cut lines, Water of Leith edge.
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1959est. — 65 years of craft
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Welcome to Borthwick Decorators Stockbridge
Borthwick Decorators works on listed Georgian terraces, Royal Crescent set-pieces and Victorian mansion-flat conversions across Stockbridge EH3 and EH4. Heritage period-property specialism, hand-cut lines, six decades of Edinburgh experience. 175+ verified reviews at 4.9/5 rating.
Village in the city, Water of Leith below.
Stockbridge sits on the northern fringe of the New Town — the Water of Leith below, the Botanic Garden to the west, the village-feel high street along Raeburn Place and St Stephen Street. The property stock spans early-nineteenth-century Georgian terraces (Ann Street is the most-photographed Georgian street in the city), Royal Crescent set-pieces, late-Victorian mansion blocks, and the post-war villa belt up Comely Bank.
Decorating Stockbridge: City of Edinburgh Council Conservation Officer documentation for the listed Georgian fabric, sympathetic palettes for the Conservation Area villas, careful preparation of original Georgian substrate. Borthwick has worked the postcode for decades.
AWARD WINNING
2025 Cultural Renovation Project of the Year
2025 Residential Category
2024 Private Domestic (Pre-1919) Project of the Year — Contract Manager 2024
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WHAT WE DO IN STOCKBRIDGE
Our painting and decorating services in Stockbridge
WALLPAPER
Wallpaper hanging
Feature walls to whole rooms — walls lined first, patterns matched, seams tight. Designer papers and wide-width vinyls hung properly.
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KITCHENS
Hand-painted kitchen cabinet
In-situ cabinetry painting using Farrow & Ball Estate Eggshell or Little Greene Intelligent Eggshell. Brush and roller on-site, no spraying.
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STONE & EXTERIOR
Sandstone & masonry coatings
Lime washes, mineral paint and breathable systems for Edinburgh sandstone elevations. Scaffold or tower hire coordinated.
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COMMUNAL
Tenement common-stair painting
Common-stair redecoration coordinated with factor and stair committee. Phased programmes that keep the close moving.
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Recent work in and around Stockbridge
ABOUT STOCKBRIDGE
Where the New Town meets the Water of Leith.
Stockbridge has more architectural personalities than most Edinburgh subs. The Ann Street / Saxe-Coburg Place Georgian set-piece anchors the heritage end — some of the smallest-scale listed Georgian terraces in the country. The Royal Crescent and Henderson Row run the slightly later early-Victorian density. Comely Bank carries the late-Victorian villa expansion. The Raeburn Place / St Stephen Street axis is the village commercial spine.
Day to day that means heritage-fabric discipline for the Georgian stock, Conservation Officer documentation across the wider Conservation Area, designer-specified palettes for the higher-end family homes. Borthwick has worked Stockbridge for decades.
EDINBURGH CLIENT FEEDBACK
A small sample from our Edinburgh portfolio.
Annemarie was great at estimating, communicating and organising all the aspects of a job that had to be well co-ordinated. The guys did a great job too
I have had work completed by this company on several occasions. I can honestly say that they work hard to ensure that everything is perfect before they finish the job. Their staff are skilled and hard working.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Working with us in Stockbridge.
Do you take on listed and Conservation Area work in Stockbridge?
Yes. Most of Stockbridge sits in a City of Edinburgh Council Conservation Area with substantial listed-building density. We hold the heritage finishes specialism and the documentation discipline conservation officers expect.
Which streets do you cover?
All of EH3, EH4. Strongest concentration of recent work on Saxe-Coburg Place, St Stephen Street, Raeburn Place and the surrounding tenement closes.
How do you handle occupied tenement flats?
Most Marchmont-style tenement work is occupied. We agree daily start and finish times with the household, dust-protect the working zone, and coordinate with the factor on common-stair access.
What is your lead time for residential work?
Four to six weeks typically. Listed-building consents add six to twelve weeks of pre-work paperwork; we handle that liaison.
Do you work with interior designers and architects?
Regularly. We support sample boards in Farrow & Ball, Little Greene and Paint & Paper Library, attend site meetings as part of the design team, and execute to RIBA briefs.
NEARBY AREAS
Areas near Stockbridge we work in.
Accreditations & memberships
Public liability insurance to £10 million.
PDA
Painting & Decorating Association
SDF
Scottish Decorators Federation
SSIP
Safety Schemes in Procurement
Trusted Trader
Edinburgh — Trading Standards Vetted
SafeContractor
Independent H&S Verification
CHAS
Contractors Health & Safety
SMAS
Safety Management Advisory
PASMA
Mobile Access Towers
IPAF
Powered Access (PAL)
CONTACT — EDINBURGH
Speak to our Edinburgh team.
Borthwick Decorators Ltd93 George Street
Edinburgh EH2 3ES