Borthwick covers Stirling and its priority belt — the conservation Old Town and King’s Park within the city, the Victorian villas of Dunblane and Bridge of Allan, and family homes across the Forth Valley.
Borthwick Decorators handles painting and decorating across Stirling, Dunblane and Bridge of Allan. Period townhouses in the Old Town, Victorian villas across the Causewayhead corridor, family homes in King’s Park, and commercial work in the city centre.
Stirling sits at the historic crossroads of Scotland — the medieval Old Town below the castle, the Victorian railway suburb of Causewayhead, the university town of Bridge of Allan, the cathedral village of Dunblane. Four different architectural worlds within a ten-mile radius, each with a different decorating brief.
Borthwick covers all of it: Old Town conservation work, Victorian villa interiors across Dunblane and Bridge of Allan, family-home programmes in King’s Park, and university-accommodation commercial work. Sixty-five years of trade across these stones.
Stirling Old Town conservation property, Victorian villas in Dunblane and Bridge of Allan, suburban estates in King’s Park and Causewayhead.
See residential workOffice decoration in Stirling and Bridge of Allan, hospitality programmes across the city centre, university accommodation work.
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Listed-building work across Stirling Old Town and the medieval streetscape. Heritage finishes and documentation discipline.
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Victorian villas across Dunblane and Bridge of Allan, family homes in King’s Park and Causewayhead.
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In-situ cabinetry painting for Stirling, Dunblane and Bridge of Allan private clients.
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Breathable systems for Stirling sandstone and harled property.
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Commercial decoration across Stirling city centre, university accommodation programmes, hospitality work.
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Covering Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Dunblane, Doune and Callander. Postcodes FK7, FK8, FK9 and FK15. Call our Stirling team on 01786 230 233.
Indicative pricing for typical Stirling, Forth Valley and Trossachs-edge projects. Final pricing confirmed after on-site review at your property or our Lomond Court office.
| Scope | Typical range | Programme | Notes / assumptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repaint single reception room | £650–£1,400 | 1–2 days | Walls/ceilings/woodwork; good condition |
| Whole house repaint (3–4 bed Bridge of Allan / Dunblane) | £2,800–£5,500 | 5–10 days | Includes prep; minor repairs only |
| Hand-painted kitchen cabinet (10–20 doors) | £1,600–£3,200 | 3–5 days | Farrow & Ball Estate Eggshell or Little Greene Intelligent Eggshell |
| Period stone-built villa exterior | £7,500–£16,000 | 10–18 days | Mineral paint or breathable systems; scaffold extra |
| Sash window repaint (per window) | £260–£460 | Varies | Sound timber; repairs extra |
| Specialist Venetian or polished plaster wall | £1,600–£4,000 | 3–6 days | Per wall; sample boards included |
| Country house wing or estate programme | £4,000–£9,000 | 7–14 days | Estate access agreed; weather windows factored |
Prices exclude VAT, access/scaffold where unusual, and major substrate repairs. Listed-building and Conservation Area pricing depends on consents; we confirm fixed pricing after an on-site review or detailed photos.
Stirling, Dunblane and Bridge of Allan have a private-client character distinct from Glasgow or the Forth Valley belt — long-tenured family ownership, higher-than-average architectural quality, and clients who pay attention to brushwork. We’ve built a reputation here that travels by word of mouth.
One foreman per project. Same trade since 1959.
Borthwick has worked across Stirling since 1959 — a multi-award-winning, Painting and Decorating Association member firm with Scotland Trusted Trader accreditation. Our work spans interior decorating, exterior masonry, kitchen cabinet painting, wallpaper hanging, sash-window repainting and specialist heritage finishes for listed and period properties. Our Stirling office is at Lomond Court, Stirling, FK9 4TU.
On Stirling’s stone terraces and rural property, our exterior painters in Stirling prep and paint sandstone, render and harling.
About BorthwickSix decades of decorating across Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Dunblane, Doune, Callander and the wider Forth Valley. Heritage Conservation Area work in central Stirling and listed-villa specialism. Painting and Decorating Association (PDA) member. Scotland Trusted Trader accredited.
Mineral paint and breathable systems on Scottish stone. Hand-cut lines on period cornicing. Conservation officer relationships and listed-building documentation discipline.
Public ratings backed by long-standing client relationships. Public liability to £10 million. Foremen CHAS, SMAS and SafeContractor accredited. No sub-contracting — one Borthwick foreman per project.
Sample boards in Farrow & Ball, Little Greene and Paint & Paper Library. Site meetings as part of architect-led design teams. RIBA briefs executed. Equally comfortable on direct private commissions.
On-site at the property or at our regional office. Walk-through, scope, photography.
Transparent line-item pricing. Listed-building or Conservation Area specifications confirmed against local-authority requirements.
Sample boards in Farrow & Ball, Little Greene or Paint & Paper Library. Heritage materials specified for pre-1919 fabric.
Lath-and-plaster repairs, sandstone or harled-exterior preparation, scaffold or tower hire coordinated.
One Borthwick foreman per project. Hand-cut lines, Scotland-stone-trained team. Never sub-contracted.
Walk-through, snags resolved, photographic record for the file. Factors, conservation officers and clients signed off where relevant.
We had the entire interior of the house painted. The team from Borthwick Decorators did an excellent job and we are very happy with the result.Mairi Pittendreigh · Stirling — Google
Stirling city, Dunblane, Bridge of Allan, King’s Park, Causewayhead, Bannockburn. For Falkirk, Linlithgow and Livingston, see our Central Scotland page.
Yes. The Old Town conservation area covers much of the medieval streetscape. We hold the heritage finishes and documentation conservation officers expect.
4–6 weeks for residential. Out-of-hours commercial work can usually accommodate shorter windows.
Public liability to £10 million. Foremen CHAS / SMAS / SafeContractor accredited.
Public liability insurance to £10 million.
