Torabhaig Distillery

Introduction

The distillery has managed to bring to life a derelict farm steading at Cnoc Uaine. The distillery aimed to provide an entire experience to the visitor beyond just the distilling, thus the steading also boasts a unique fluid design culminating in an entire visitor experience of an exhibition space, café and tasting room.

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Background

The project involved the restoration and extension of a derelict Category B listed quadrangular farm steading at Cnoc Uaine to create a new distillery complex. The development includes a distillery process hall, bottling plant, warehouse accommodation and a visitor centre, with the existing steading sensitively converted to support a two-still arrangement producing up to 500,000 PEA.

Challenges

The scheme required the careful integration of modern distilling and industrial processes within a listed rural structure, balancing heritage conservation with demanding operational and servicing requirements. Coordinating process services alongside visitor facilities also required a clear separation of industrial and public functions.

Solutions

Harley Haddow provided full M&E design services, developing robust and efficient building services solutions to support both production and visitor uses. The site energy strategy combines a local oil-fired steam process boiler for distilling operations with a ground source heat pump serving the visitor centre, delivering an efficient and practical approach suited to the rural setting and operational demands of the distillery.

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Introduction

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Challenges

Solutions

Project awards

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