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Following a
halt in production due to the Covid-19
pandemic and the partial collapse of the
an old bonded warehouse wall
construction of the new Rosebank
distillery in Falkirk is underway once
again.
I am pleased to say that Ian Macleod
Distillers has announced that
construction work on the new Rosebank
Distillery in Falkirk which was halted
last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic
and a partial collapse of a bonded
warehouse wall which collapsed when
digging a pit to deal with drainage
onsite.
Work to partially demolish and extend
the old B-listed Rosebank distillery
buildings to form a visitor centre began
back in November 2019 but the £12
million project was halted in March last
year due to the onset of the Covid-19
pandemic.
With builders not being allowed on site
due to the pandemic, this gave Ian
Macleod Distillers time to revise the
construction plans due to the partial
collapse of the bonded warehouse wall,
the revised plans have now been
submitted to consolidate space and
replace the most dilapidated sections of
the old building with a new build
structure.
Michael Laird Architects
explained: "In order to create a safe,
useful and long-lasting structure, the
design team have created a revised
design that integrates new and old more
comprehensively than the consented
scheme. This has also allowed the design
team to better tailor the development
towards future uses, including potential
fluctuations in visitor numbers and
storage facilities required.
"The revised proposals retain the vast
majority of the north canal-facing
facade, ensuring that the heritage value
of the site is not lost to the
community."
Going forward this February Ian Macleod
Distillers says: "You’re going to see
some excavators arrive, and some large
eight-wheel lorries removing material
and bringing in aggregate, concrete and
reinforcement steel.
"We’re going to dig down to what we call
the formation level to start laying the
foundations to support the distillery
building. And at peak there’ll probably
be 10 – 15 people working on the
ground."
They say that in the weeks ahead anyone
passing by the site will be in no doubt
that the new Rosebank is back on track.
At first much of the work will be hidden
behind a two-metre hoarding to be
covered in images of the Rosebank rose
and pencil illustration of the new
distillery, but in a couple of months
the steel skeleton of the new distillery
will slowly emerge into view.
Meanwhile you can still find
a small selection of rare and
increasingly scarce Rosebank
single malt whisky bottlings produced at
the old Rosebank distillery available
from specialist online whisky
retailers such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop and
Master of Malt
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