{"id":4392,"date":"2020-07-22T09:06:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T09:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2024-04-11T12:05:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T12:05:56","slug":"plans-unveiled-for-distillery-next-to-historic-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/plans-unveiled-for-distillery-next-to-historic-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans unveiled for distillery next to historic castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plans have been announced for a new malt distillery on the historic Hopetoun Estate near Queensferry.<\/p>\n<p>A planning application has been submitted to West Lothian Council for the development at Midhope, 12 miles west of the city of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>The contemporary distillery is to be positioned within a carefully designed landscape drawing inspiration from historic features.\u00a0 Immediately adjacent to the distillery site is the striking Midhope Castle, a 16<sup>th<\/sup> century tower house which is presently an empty shell.\u00a0 It is intended that the distillery development will lead to a longer-term project involving the significant restoration and return to use of Midhope Castle and its immediate grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Hopetoun Estate has a long tradition of growing and supplying malting barley for the Scotch Whisky industry and the new distillery would use exclusively estate-grown barley.\u00a0 It would also reflect the estate\u2019s commitment to environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A spokesperson for the Midhope Castle Distillery Company said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe will set out to design and build a distillery that makes great whisky while addressing sustainability through every element of its architecture, its construction and its operation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWith an innovative approach across the board we would aim to reduce our production carbon footprint to the absolute minimum, if not to zero.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe believe that this approach goes hand in hand with producing a distinctive and characterful single malt Scotch Whisky capable of reflecting the qualities and traditions of one of Scotland\u2019s great historic estates.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The project architects are the Edinburgh-based 56three Architects and the overall project management is being delivered by the Edinburgh office of Currie &amp; Brown.<\/p>\n<p>Download the full press release <a href=\"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Press-Release-Midhope-Castle-Distillery-22.07.20.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans have been announced for a new malt distillery on the historic Hopetoun Estate near Queensferry.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[294],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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