Eleanor Egan

Eleanor first joined Simpson & Brown in 1996 whilst a student and returned in 2003. She became an Associate of the practice in 2004 and holds RIAS Accreditation in Conservation Architecture at the Advanced Level.

Eleanor leads a team of six, working on a wide variety of projects including works to private houses, churches, castles, heritage projects, commercial buildings, quinquennial reports and condition inspections.

Eleanor has been involved in the restoration and adaptation of a number of historic buildings throughout the United Kingdom. Projects have included the conversion of rural steadings into dwellings, the restoration of a large country estate in England and the conversion and extension of a derelict steading to form a new distillery in Fife.

Eleanor has been the Conservation Architect on the restoration of Lews Castle in Stornoway, a comprehensive repair and restoration project at Ford Castle in Northumberland, the restoration of Fairburn Tower, Ross-shire for the Landmark Trust and is currently part of the team working on the transformation of Thomas Hamilton’s Category A listed Royal High School into the new National Centre for Music in Edinburgh.

KEY PROJECTS:

LEWS CASTLE

This mixed use scheme includes the comprehensive fabric repair of the castle to form a high quality hospitality venue and the creation of a new contemporary museum.

FAIRBURN TOWER

Fairburn Tower is a rare example of a surviving tower house from the Scottish Renaissance. It was rescued from ruin by the Landmark Trust and transformed into a unique holiday let.

KINGSBARNS DISTILLERY

Kingsbarns is a new malt whisky distillery on the Cambo Estate south-east of St Andrews. The Category B listed East Newhall Farm Steading is used for the distillation process using traditional artisan methods.