My friend Rory Young, who has died aged 68 of adenocarcinoma, was a sculptor and building conservationist of exceptional sensitivity.
He was a leading exponent of the use of lime-based mortars and one of his early triumphs was the conservation and repair of the 16th-century merchant’s house, Law’s Close, in Kirkcaldy, Fife, during the 1980s. The colour, quality and texture of the lime-based repairs that he engineered there transformed a somewhat neglected-looking building.
