Case study · Edinburgh

New Town

A New Town courtyard with no rear access, rebuilt to a high standard, centred on a bespoke powder-coated steel pergola.

Scope Design & Build
Location New Town, Edinburgh
Year 2023
Investment £50-£100k
With Murray Developments
The brief

A high-spec courtyard, built Sandstone paving, a bespoke steel pergola and pleached trees. a site you couldn’t reach.

This was an exciting project on which we collaborated with Murray Developments and Modern Electrical Solutions. The brief was to install the design to a high standard while navigating a very difficult site to access.

We managed all sub-contractors on site and delivered the project within timescale to a very happy customer. The client made some great choices in terms of paving and edging, going for a natural stone, as well as investing in really high-quality lighting and heating.

The real cherry on top is the powder-coated steel pergola, a bespoke item, fabricated, galvanised and powder-coated locally, then installed by the Armstrong team.

Before & after

The steel frame, structure then styled.

The finished courtyard — furnished, planted and lit under the bespoke pergola.

Key features & materials

Four decisions that shaped the whole courtyard.

  1. 01

    Bespoke powder-coated steel pergola

    The centrepiece: a bespoke steel pergola, fabricated, galvanised and powder-coated locally, then installed by our team.

    Powder-coated steel Bespoke fabrication
  2. 02

    Natural stone paving & edging

    The client chose natural stone for the surfacing and edging, laid to a high standard across the courtyard.

    Natural stone Stone edging
  3. 03

    High-quality lighting

    A considered lighting scheme by Modern Electrical Solutions lifts the planting and stonework after dark.

    Low-voltage lighting
  4. 04

    Firepit & all-season heating

    A firepit and quality heating make the courtyard a room the family uses well beyond the summer.

    Firepit Heating
Gallery

Twenty-nine photographs, grouped.

The pergola, the seating, the gatherings and the stonework, four short sequences rather than a single dump.

29 photographs
Photo 15
The steel pergola framing the courtyard.
Photo 05
The bespoke frame, as installed.
Photo 01
Steel against established planting.
Photo 02
Set beneath the tenement stone.
Photo 06
Frame and façade together.
Photo 09
Pergola over the seating zone.
What the client said

We managed every sub-contractor on a site you couldn’t reach without crossing the house, and delivered to a high standard, on time, to a very happy customer.

AG
Armstrong Gardens × Murray Developments
On the New Town build
On site
The finished courtyard, in use
Credits
Design & build
Armstrong Gardens & Landscapes
Structural works
Murray Developments
Electrical & lighting
Modern Electrical Solutions
Pergola
Bespoke · fabricated & powder-coated locally
Location
New Town, Edinburgh
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