Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced grants of £1.7m to repair historically important buildings across the country.

The funds are to be divided between five different projects as part of the body's Building Repair Grants Scheme.

Among the recipients includes the Edwardian Govan Hill Baths in Glasgow, which is to be refurbished in a phased scheme to facilitate full community usage for three pools, a steamie and Turkish Baths suite.

A £500,000 award was granted to pay for repairs to halt water ingress and refurbish the interior of the building.


The Old Achintore School in Fort William has also received a grant of over £269,000 to be refurbished into a Civic Centre for the town.

Other projects granted funding include the former Dumbarton Academy, the former Davidson Cottage Hospital and the former British Linen Bank.

Jane Ryder OBE, Chair of Historic Environment Scotland said: "As the new lead body in Scotland's historic environment, one of our key drivers is to facilitate and enable others to help protect the country's built heritage.

"These five grant recipients are a fine example of that collaboration working in practice, where the building owners are drawing on finance and expertise from us, as well as working with partners - which usually include local authorities, community groups, and other investment bodies - in order to bring these important historic buildings back into reuse."

(LM/CD)