Town House Restoration To Cost 'Millions'

A new report to Highland Councillors has revealed repairs to an historic building in Inverness could cost millions.

According to the BBC, the report says the exterior of Inverness's town house requires repairs that could reach a total of £4m.

Highland Council members said "significant work" was needed on the 131-year-old building to bring it to a good standard and repair its crumbling masonry.


The building is owned by the Inverness Common Good Fund and is a working local authority building. Councillors have now been asked to approve the restoration work.

In a report to the Highland Council's City of Inverness Area Committee, council officers said grant aid would be sought to help cover the cost of the much-needed repairs.

In 2012, the committee scrapped a plan to move all their meetings away from the town house. They were expected to move to the local authority's headquarters in Glenurquhart Road, but councillors dismissed the idea following concerns that a move would lessen the role of the town house.

The town house first opened in 1882 by Queen Victoria's second son, Alfred.

(JP/CD)