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Hall of Clestrain selected
for Restoration programme
Story dated: May 13, 2004
The Hall of Clestrain, in Orphir, is one of three
Scottish properties in this year’s Restoration
television series. If it gets enough votes it will be given a new
lease of life using millions of pounds raised during the programme.
Built around 1769, the Hall of Clestrain was the
family home of Arctic
explorer John Rae, the man who discovered the fate of the Franklin
expedition, and has stood derelict for decades.
Restoration divides the UK into ten regions
and features three buildings from each area which are in danger
of being lost. Architecture and history experts discuss each building,
which is also promoted by a celebrity.
Viewers then vote and one from each region goes
forward to the final, although many of the “losers” benefited
from the programme despite not winning.
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