HERITAGE INTERIORS
Period interior decoration
Period cornicing repair, ceiling-rose restoration, hand-cut lines for listed and Conservation Area properties across EH9, EH10.
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EDINBURGH · MARCHMONT
Award-Winning Painters and Decorators in Marchmont
1870s Victorian tenement masterplan around Marchmont Road and Spottiswoode Street, Warrender Park Road family flats, the Meadows on your doorstep. Borthwick has worked Marchmont for six decades — common-stair discipline, sash-window repainting, sympathetic EH9/EH10 paint specification.
4.9 / 5average rating
175+verified reviews
1959est. — 65 years of craft
£10 millionpublic liability cover
Welcome to Borthwick Decorators Marchmont
Borthwick Decorators works on listed Victorian tenement flats, the 1870s Marchmont masterplan and Warrender Park residential across Marchmont EH9 and EH10. Heritage period-property specialism, common-stair coordination, six decades of Edinburgh experience. 175+ verified reviews at 4.9/5 rating.
Victorian tenements, the Meadows on your doorstep.
Marchmont is the most architecturally coherent Victorian tenement masterplan in Edinburgh — the 1869–1880s building campaign laid out around Marchmont Road, Spottiswoode Street and Warrender Park Terrace, framed on the north by the Meadows and on the south by the Bruntsfield Links. Property stock is almost wholly four-storey late-Victorian sandstone tenement flats with shared closes and back greens.
Decorating Marchmont: City of Edinburgh Council Conservation Officer documentation for the dense Conservation Area, common-stair coordination across the unified tenement masterplan, sash-window discipline (most flats are still on original sashes), sympathetic palettes that hold across the postcode’s Heritage Colour palette guidance.
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 MARCHMONT
Our painting and decorating services in Marchmont
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 Marchmont
ABOUT MARCHMONT
The 1870s tenement masterplan.
Marchmont is the high-water mark of Victorian Edinburgh tenement building — a unified 1869–1880s masterplan that produced a tightly coherent residential character. Almost all of the postcode is four-storey late-Victorian sandstone tenement flats with shared closes, slate roofs and back-green communal space. Family-flat sizes range from one-bedroom student conversions on Spottiswoode to four-bedroom main-door flats on Marchmont Crescent.
What that involves in practice: heritage common-stair coordination with factor and stair committee, sash-window discipline, sympathetic palettes for the Conservation Area, and the operational rhythm that keeps the close functioning while programme work runs. Borthwick has worked the postcode for decades.
EDINBURGH CLIENT FEEDBACK
A small sample from our Edinburgh portfolio.
Terrific service from the painters. The paintwork is immaculate. Polite and respectful trades people. Good to see young apprentices serving their time too!
The Borthwick team did an exceptional job. They were tidy, worked very hard and were great to be around.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Working with us in Marchmont.
Do you take on listed and Conservation Area work in Marchmont?
Yes. Most of Marchmont 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, EH10. Strongest concentration of recent work on Marchmont Road, Marchmont Crescent, Spottiswoode Street 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 Marchmont 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