Cornice Museum of Ornamental Plasterwork

About the museum

The museum is part of the yard of L Grandison & Son, a family plastering firm in Peebles. It presents the workshop as a museum of ornamental plasterwork, showing fine plaster ornament from more than a century of the firm's work and the methods used to make it.

The collection centres on a large number of plaster patterns, the master models from which moulds are made, together with displays of the main casting methods used for ornamental plasterwork in Scotland. Because the firm is still working, visitors may sometimes see the craft being practised in the workshop.

The museum lies on Innerleithen Road in Peebles, opposite the Park Hotel.

Highlights

• Collection of plaster patterns
• Traditional casting methods on show
• Working plasterers' workshop
• Ornamental plasterwork from over 100 years of one firm

Permanent exhibition

• Plaster patterns and casting methods – A large collection of plaster patterns and a demonstration of the main methods used to cast ornamental plasterwork.

Founded

1987

Operated by

L Grandison & Son

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Directory listings give admission as by donation.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Directory listings state that there is disabled access to some parts of the museum.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the yard of L Grandison & Son on Innerleithen Road, between Eastgate and a petrol filling station, opposite the Park Hotel.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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