27 May
Loft conversion
Boness - EH51
Enquiry from: Lisa W
Start Date: Immediate
Loft conversion for a bedroom and W/C
Menstrie
Menstrie is a village in the area of Clackmannanshire in Scotland. It is about 5 miles (8 kilometres) east-north-east of Stirling and is just one of a string of communities that, due to their location at the base of the Ochil Hills, are jointly described as the Hillfoots Villages or just The Hillfoots. The passengers of Menstrie once processed woollen from sheep farmed on the Ochils. In 1800, entrepreneurs from Tullibody set up a carding and rotating mill on the east side of the Menstrie Burn to exploit its soft water and power, lacking from their own village. In the very early 19th century a straight road was improved the flat ground of the carse or floodplain to by-pass the old Hillfoots Road as well as boost the transport of items to and from the Hillfoots towns. Menstrie's Long Row and Ochil Road rest on the old route along the foot of capitals. The brand-new roadway, now the A91, ended up being an emphasis for building and construction of churches, residences, mills as well as shops. By the mid-19th century, the Elmbank as well as Forthvale mills stayed in business on either side of the Menstrie Burn. In 1841, Menstrie's population was about 500 but had boosted to greater than 900 by 1881. In the 1860s a company, that included the proprietors of regional mills and a distillery, financed a branch railway line via Menstrie to a terminus in Alva. This signed up with the old North British Railway (N.B.R.) line in between Alloa and Stirling at Cambus. Menstrie had its own guest station at the North end of Tullibody Road. Virtually absolutely nothing of the station continues to be as well as the train branch line, which remained to carry freight after the Beeching Axe, fell into disuse throughout the mid-1980s in favour of road transportation. The Glenochil Distillery had opened up in the middle 18th century on the site of the Doll Farm to the east of the village, close to the Dams Burn. Manufacturing has continued on this site for more than 250 years though manufacturing of whisky quit about 1930. Yeast, at first a spin-off of whisky fermentation, had gradually become the main item and went with manufacture of whisky and also bread. Soft water, locally readily available, is still beneficial. A substantial bonded storage facility area remains for storage space of whisky as it matures in barrels before bottling, while bakers' yeast has given way to fermentation items originated from yeast. The whisky and yeast businesses are currently run by different companies, specifically Diageo, (followers to Distillers Company) and Kerry Group. The last performs product advancement in addition to producing at the Menstrie site. Elmbank Mill, Menstrie in March 2010. The Forthvale Mill no longer stands yet the Elmbank Mill, having actually been made use of for some years as workplaces by the Water Board, currently houses local business. A furnishings factory, The Charrier, stood near the Menstrie Burn but was destroyed by fire in regarding 1968. A street close by currently births its name. In the mid-20th Century, Menstrie (pop. 1200 - 1300) was residence to family members whose menfolk worked the Clackmannanshire Coalfield and also various other mines in Central Scotland. As the mining and fabric industries have actually decreased, Menstrie has actually come to be a traveler dorm, spreading over the surrounding farmland. At the Censuses in 1991, 2001 and 2011, Menstrie's population was 2274, 2083 and also 2804 specifically. For 2016, the population was approximated as 2872.
