Baxter Park

The historic glass fronted Italianate Pavilion and park were gifted to the people of Dundee by prominent flax mill owners, the Baxter family in 1863. Alexander Sturrock was commissioned to refurbish and replace windows, doors and screens at Baxter Park Pavillion. The client brief insisted that the timber used had to be Pitch Pine from a reclaimed source to ensure historical integrity in the refurbishment project.

Meeting this constraint involved sourcing existing Pitch Pine battens and then ripping them to the required sizes after first removing any existing metalwork and nails! As if this wasn’t challenge enough in itself, we then had to scarf the reclaimed timber into the existing screens, doors and windows after all defective timbers had been removed. Finally, each unit was totally stripped back to the bare wood and completed by matching existing stains and finishings. An environmentally friendly restoration that successfully returned all components to good-as-new condition with timber totally sympathetic to the integrity of the original manufacture. Which only goes to show, yet again, that nobody can work wonders with wood like the experts at Alexander Sturrock. Our client commented: “We were delighted that a local firm could offer the level of expertise necessary to complete this job to our exact specifications. Every last detail was taken care of and the end result exceeded all our expectations. A brilliant job.”