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Sabiston Meal Mill, Orkney being marketed for sale

Monday, 29 April, 2013

Lows Orkney is marketing the form mill as a potential residential conversion project, subject to...
Craigie Hall, Glasgow being marketed for sale through Wilson's Auctions

Monday, 08 April, 2013

Category A-listed Craigie Hall in Glasgow, added to the Buildings at Risk Register in 2010...
Cavers Castle being marketed for sale

Thursday, 14 February, 2013

Cavers Castle near Hawick, is being marketed for sale as a potential residential conversion,...
Craigend Castle being marketed for sale by Stirling Council

Monday, 03 December, 2012

Stirling Council is marketing the former country house, Craigend Castle, for sale as a...
Developer Day October 4 for Rockfield School and Kilbowie House in Oban

Tuesday, 02 October, 2012

Argyll and Bute Council is hosting a developer day on October 4 to stimulate interest in the...
Gartnavel Royal Hospital Chapel to re-open as the Calman Cancer Support Centre

Friday, 21 September, 2012

Glasgow Building Preservation Trust have completed the restoration and conversion of the B-...
Restoration of A-listed Knockando Woolmill Complete

Friday, 21 September, 2012

Restoration works at A-listed Knockando Woolmill in Moray have completed and the site is now...
Website Maintenance Saturday 28 July

Tuesday, 17 July, 2012

RCAHMS is carrying out essential maintenance on our central database on Saturday...

Conversion of Dalmore Infant School, Alva into five amenity homes for the elderly is underway

Monday, 25 June, 2012

Restoration and conversion works at the former Dalmore Infant School (latterly the Dalmore...

Interruption to Web Services

Tuesday, 19 June, 2012

All RCAHMS websites will be temporarily unavailable between 17.00 and 19.00 on Thursday 21 June...

Jubilee Holiday 5 June 2012

Wednesday, 30 May, 2012

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) will be closed...

We hope you like our new website

Thursday, 12 April, 2012

We've introduced some new features for you to use and you'll notice we have changed the layout...

Three Buildings at Risk secure project funding

Monday, 26 March, 2012

Ham Grain Store or Girnal has been awarded £430,080 towards stabilisation and repair of the...

Historic Scotland launching new corporate plan

Thursday, 06 October, 2011

Historic Scotland, the executive agency of the Scottish Government charged with safeguarding the...

Fundraising campaign launched for Moat Brae House

Wednesday, 03 August, 2011

The Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust has launched a £4 million fundraising campaign to restore...

NTS seeking views on future priorities for the charity

Wednesday, 22 June, 2011

Visitors to the National Trust for Scotland's properties, and its website, are being asked to...

Open Day at completed restoration project in Peterhead

Monday, 16 May, 2011

The National Trust for Scotland and Tenants First are celebrating the completion of a project to...

Restoration underway at the Free Church School in Campbeltown

Sunday, 15 May, 2011

Strathclyde Building Preservation Trust has been working with the owners, the Kintyre Amenity...

Edinburgh's Post-War Listed Buildings

Monday, 09 May, 2011

A new publication - free to download as a PDF - has been co-authored by Edinburgh City Council...

A selection of current Buildings at Risk to feature in SAVE Britain's Heritage new catalogue

Tuesday, 03 May, 2011

SAVE's 22nd annual buildings at risk catalogue, Take a Chance on Me, is to be published 1 June...

Applications sought for phase 1 repairs to Lews Castle

Wednesday, 13 April, 2011

An initial application for repairs to Lews Castle has just been lodged with Comhaile nan Eilean...

Changes at the Buildings at Risk Register as of 1 April 2011

Monday, 28 March, 2011

Historic Scotland have appointed the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of...

Heritage Lottery Fund Consultation Launched

Tuesday, 08 February, 2011

The Heritage Lottery Fund has launched a consultation seeking public views on their strategic...

Historic Scotland announce latest round of Building Repair Grants

Thursday, 27 January, 2011

Culture Minister Fiona Hyslop has announced the latest round of funding through the Historic...

The Historic Environment (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill

Tuesday, 25 January, 2011

The Bill will amend provisions in the existing Listed Building and Conservation Areas (Scotland...

Architecture of Scotland's historic hospitals examined in a new book

Tuesday, 14 December, 2010

Historic Scotland has launched a new book which looks at the rich architectural heritage of...

Launch and call for entries for Scottish Civic Trust Award 2011

Wednesday, 01 December, 2010

Once again it is time to celebrate the importance of place and place-making throughout the...

Greenlaw Town Hall restoration approaching completion

Tuesday, 07 September, 2010

Restoration and conversion works at A-listed Greenlaw Town Hall are progressing well and...

Salmon Bothy project wins the Ian Shepherd Award

Thursday, 02 September, 2010

The project which restored former building at risk, the Salmon Bothy in Portsoy, has won the Ian...

Preferred bidder for SV Carrick identified

Monday, 30 August, 2010

Fiona Hyslop, the Minister for Cultural & External Affairs, has announced a preferred bidder...

Doors Open Days

Wednesday, 25 August, 2010

Doors Open Days give you free access to hundreds of fascinating buildings across Scotland. Every...

Nominate your favourite Glasgow Landmark Building

Monday, 16 August, 2010

Glasgow has a remarkable heritage of buildings of world quality. Most Glaswegians and visitors...

New Buildings at Risk surveys published

Sunday, 15 August, 2010

The Buildings at Risk team have published reports on Clackmannanshire and Dundee. In the spring...

Verdant Works High Mill options appraisal underway

Monday, 02 August, 2010

Tayside Building Preservation Trust is embarking on a project to secure the future of A-listed...

1st phase of restoration at Fairfield Shipyard Offices nears completion

Tuesday, 27 July, 2010

Govan Workspace will shortly complete the £1.64 million first first phase of the...

Botanic Gardens Garage redevelopment called in by Scottish Ministers

Monday, 26 July, 2010

The BBC reports plans for partial demolition of the historic garage in Glasgow have been called...

Power to the People

Monday, 19 July, 2010

Historic Scotland launch a new publication celebrating the built heritage of Scotland's...

Conversion of Hamilton Hall hoped to commence in October

Monday, 19 July, 2010

The Courier reports the £35 million repair and conversion of Hamilton Hall, which...

New fire at A-listed Paton's Mill, Johnstone

Tuesday, 01 June, 2010

Paton's Mill has been severely damaged by a fire on 1st June. Building inspectors will examine...

Further fire at Johnstone Mill, Renfrewshire

Tuesday, 01 June, 2010

Firefighters were called to the mill, High Street, Johnstone on Monday afternoon. BBC news...

Options Appraisal for the SV Carrick

Wednesday, 28 April, 2010

The Culture Minister, Fiona Hyslop, announced yesterday that Historic Scotland had appointed DTZ...

Fire at A-listed Johnstone's Mill, Renfrewshire

Wednesday, 14 April, 2010

A serious fire broke out A-listed Johnstone's Mill, Renfrewshire, yesterday.

Buildings at Risk Team Survey Northern and Western Isles

Tuesday, 30 March, 2010

During March, Buildings at Risk team members have recently completed surveys of all the A-listed...

Lews Castle Trust secures Heritage Lottery Funding

Sunday, 28 March, 2010

A stage 1 pass award of £240,000 has been awarded to the Lews Castle Trust by the Heritage...

Restoration commences at Lambhill Stables

Monday, 22 March, 2010

Works begin onsite today, 22 March, at Lambhill Stables in Glasgow. Originally functioning as...

Restoration of Knockando Woolmill Commences

Tuesday, 16 March, 2010

Jana Hutt, of the Knockando Woolmill Trust, confirmed that works commenced onsite yesterday.

Buildings at Risk Survey: South Lanarkshire

Wednesday, 27 January, 2010

The Scottish Civic Trust has commenced survey work in the South Lanarkshire area, with kind...

Buildings at Risk surveys: Ayrshire

Monday, 18 January, 2010

The Scottish Civic Trust has been surveying in the local authority areas in Ayrshire, with kind...

Masterplan for the regeneration of James Watt Dock, Greenock approved in principle

Monday, 18 January, 2010

The...

Two Buildings at Risk receive Historic Scotland grant aid for repairs

Monday, 21 December, 2009

The Category A Fairfield shipyard office building and the Category B St Margaret's Church in...

BAR publications available for download

Thursday, 17 December, 2009

We have added some Buildings at Risk publications to our website for download. Two journals; New...

Buildings at Risk survey: Perth & Kinross

Friday, 27 November, 2009

Over the period from August to October the Buildings at Risk team carried out a survey of Perth...

Post war architecture in Scotland

Friday, 27 November, 2009

BAR attended a conference held at Dundee University, organised by Historic Scotland. The...

The Buildings at Risk team is currently surveying in Argyll and Bute

Saturday, 03 October, 2009

We are delighted to be working with Argyll and Bute Council Conservation staff to complete a...