Ballater Station

What We Did

Ballater Rail Station built in 1866 and was used by the royal train when visiting Balmoral estate.

A complicated structure, which required great time and effort to achieve the historic re-opening.

The lead flat roofs were renewed in code 7 lead, identical in every aspect to the original layout of the building.

The ridge and hip flashings were also replaced in code 7 lead and secured in place with stainless steel-terne coated tingles. The various aprons, valleys and abutment flashing were replaced in code 6 lead, all hand bossed in situ.

The refurbished building was under close scrutiny at all times from the local authority, Morgan Sindall and even his royal highness Prince Charles & Camilla paid a royal visit and spent some time going over several details of the lead work.

The slates were replaced in a like for like style, with reclaimed west highland slates laid to the same format as the original roof, the only difference the fixings were now copper in lieu of galvanised steel and the introduction of a breather membrane.

The slates were reclaimed from various sources, some 20’000 were required along with 7000 new Welsh slates and circa one thousand scalloped slates.

The roofs are styled in a typical Victorian design with lots of hips, valleys, decorative barge boards and soffits. Particular care was taken to ensure the building was refurbished to a very high and exacting standard.