HERITAGE INTERIORS
Period interior decoration
Period cornicing repair, ceiling-rose restoration, hand-cut lines for listed and Conservation Area properties across EH9.
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EDINBURGH · THE GRANGE
Award-Winning Painters and Decorators in The Grange
Mid-Victorian villas behind hedged walls along Grange Road, Lauder Road and Dick Place, family-residential set-pieces on Findhorn Place and Hatton Place. Borthwick has worked The Grange for six decades — listed-building heritage decoration, period-correct conservation paint specification.
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1959est. — 65 years of craft
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Welcome to Borthwick Decorators The Grange
Borthwick Decorators works on listed Victorian villas, family-residential set-pieces and Grade B listed period properties across The Grange EH9. Heritage period-property specialism, hand-cut lines, conservation-officer documentation. Six decades of Edinburgh experience. 175+ verified reviews at 4.9/5 rating.
Victorian villas behind hedged walls.
The Grange is Edinburgh’s most coherent Victorian villa estate — mid-to-late nineteenth-century detached and semi-detached family villas set in broad streets behind hedge-and-wall plot boundaries. Grange Road, Grange Loan, Dick Place and Lauder Road form the heritage core; Findhorn Place and Hatton Place carry the slightly later phase. Almost all the stock is Grade B or Grade C listed in the Grange Conservation Area.
Decorating The Grange: City of Edinburgh Council Conservation Officer documentation, period-correct Victorian-villa palettes (Farrow & Ball Historic, Little Greene Heritage), careful preparation of original substrate, hand-cut lines on period cornicing, and the unhurried operational rhythm appropriate to large family homes.
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 THE GRANGE
Our painting and decorating services in The Grange
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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DESIGNER-LED
Designer or architect-specified
Sample boards in Farrow & Ball, Little Greene and Paint & Paper Library. Site meetings as part of the design team. RIBA briefs executed.
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Recent work in and around The Grange
ABOUT THE GRANGE
Edinburgh's leafy Victorian villa estate.
The Grange is a defined Victorian residential estate — the mid-1850s onward development that produced one of Edinburgh’s most coherent suburban-villa characters. Property stock is dominated by large detached and semi-detached family villas set in generous plots, with substantial Grade B and Grade C listed-building density and Conservation Area protection across most of EH9.
In practice that means heritage-fabric Conservation Officer documentation, sympathetic palettes that respect the Victorian planting and stone-built setting, hand-cut lines on period cornicing, and the operational care that keeps a family home running through long programmes. Most projects are interior-designer specified or direct private client.
EDINBURGH CLIENT FEEDBACK
A small sample from our Edinburgh portfolio.
Have used Borthwicks for a number of jobs, both commercial and residential. Reliable tradesmen and a really professional job every time.
Borthwick Decorators have just completed a full exterior paint job on our house, walls, windows, gutters and chimneys. The work was executed by skilled tradesman who delivered a high quality finish.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Working with us in The Grange.
Do you take on listed and Conservation Area work in The Grange?
Yes. Most of The Grange 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 EH9. Strongest concentration of recent work on Grange Road, Grange Loan, Dick Place and the surrounding residential streets.
How do you handle occupied family homes?
Most The Grange work is occupied. We agree daily start and finish times with the household, dust-protect the working zone, and walk the family through the plan each morning. Daily clean-up is non-negotiable.
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 The Grange 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