Planners have approved £3.5 million proposals to create a new contemporary visual arts space at the City Observatory complex on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill. The creation of a new-build gallery and restaurant will see one of Edinburgh’s most iconic sites open to the public for the first time in its
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Rothesay Pavilion on the Isle of Bute has closed to the public as work begins to transform the building into a cultural centre. Designed by Elder and Cannon, the two-year £8 million refurbishment programme will see major repairs to the Grade-A listed building, a second performance venue and a new t
Edinburgh’s City Observatory and the Govanhill baths in Glasgow are among six Scottish projects to be restored thanks to investment from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). A total of £7 million is being made available for projects across the country, with the aim to preserve historical bui
A contractor has been appointed to build a new £1.9 million bespoke field centre at Forsinard in Sutherland. Thurso-based contractor O’Brien Construction will build the research centre in the Flow Country, a vast area of peatland in Scotland's Far North.
Kilmartin Museum in Argyll has taken a step closer to a multi-million pound refurbishment. Located at the heart of Kilmartin Glen in Argyll - a landscape that boasts 800 known prehistoric and historic monuments - Kilmartin Museum currently cares for some of Britain’s oldest Bronze Age and Neolithi
A centre dedicated to Scotland's most famous explorer is to be transformed into a leading heritage attraction thanks to lottery funding. The multi-million pound revamp of the David Livingstone Centre in Blantyre was awarded a £334,000 grant which will the trust which runs the centre to take forward
Plans for the refurbishment and redisplay of the Glasgow’s Burrell Collection have gained the support of £15 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The award includes a grant of £1m to help Glasgow City Council take the £66m project to the next stage of the application process.
Work to transform the neglected remains of one of Scotland’s architectural gems is to begin within days. The £7.5 million plan will see the former St Peter’s Seminary at Kilmahew, in Argyll, converted into a world-class arts complex almost 30 years after the building was abandoned and left to s
Ambitious plans for a £66 million refurbishment and redisplay of the Burrell Collection took a step closer after Glasgow City Council approved the next stage in funding for the development. The move follows a major master planning exercise, which outlined plans which will see more than 90 per cent
Govan Old will be restored thanks to the HLF funding Three towns in Scotland are to set to benefit from a share of £5.68m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
One of Scotland's most significant surviving Art Deco buildings is to be transformed into a cultural centre after project leaders reached a funding target of £8 million.
The V&A Museum of Design Dundee has been awarded an additional £4.5 million by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
Construction work on Dunfermline’s new museum and art gallery has started as partners gathered to mark the occasion.
Plans to preserve a Dumfries house which inspired JM Barrie to write Peter Pan have been given a major financial boost.
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded Historic Scotland a £3.8 million grant to create Scotland’s first building conservation centre at The Engine Shed in Stirling.