The challenge of renovating a home whilst maintaining its character

Building advice on dealing with old walls and stonework

Great House Revival saw Linsday and Kevin Deely and family with Hugh Wallace after they bought a Craughwell with traditional cottage with thatch replaced by tiles. They threw themselves into a loving restoration and barn conversion, and used lime and hemp renders, with a red  galvanised roof on the barn end

HI Kieran, we want to improve energy efficiency in our house, which is an old stone construction. We’ve done a lot of draught proofing and upped the attic insulation already.

What are our best options now for walls, eg, for them to be able to breathe, but hold in heat?