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23/02/2016

Stirling Council Joins Historic Buildings Preservation Scheme

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Stirling Council has joined a five-year pilot scheme to preserve the city's historic buildings.

As the first of its kind in Scotland, the Traditional Buildings Health Check Scheme was launched in November 2014.

It is open to all City of Stirling traditional building type owners and operated by the Stirling City Heritage Trust.

Funding for the scheme is provided by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Scotland.

Features of the scheme include an independent building inspection service; a 'plain English' report outlining maintenance and repair issues; and regular and affordable building fabric inspections, during which small routine maintenance tasks may also be completed.

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Twelve priority buildings have been added to the initiative, including the Tolbooth, Municipal Buildings, the Wolfcraig building and Old Town Jail.

Cllr Neil Benny said: "The Traditional Buildings Health Check will support our planned maintenance programme, and allow us access to high quality knowledge and advice.

"This will ensure some of the most prominent buildings in the City are preserved to a high standard."

Sonya Linskaill, Manager of Stirling City Heritage Trust, added: "We are delighted that Stirling Council has joined this pilot scheme and look forward to offering our expert advice. The Council's membership illustrates that the scheme is open to all traditional building owners large and small; public, commercial and residential."

(LM)

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