Historic Scotland Grant Offer
09 January 2008
Historic Scotland ready to support castle restoration
Baltersan Castle, one mile south of Maybole is set to receive a Building Repair Grant of £492,406 from Historic Scotland. This is subject to the owners securing £1.5 million of investment capital and ensuring the ongoing sustainability of the castle.
James Brown, director of Lichtsome Hoose Ltd said, "Funding the rescue of historic buildings is never easy, but we are now on the home straight to create a unique, high-quality holiday home in a 16th century castle just six miles from Turnberry."
Baltersan, which will have five twin or double bedchambers and a great hall for banqueting, has seen a succession of famous visitors to its ruins including Robert Burns, Robert Adam, James Nasmyth (inventor of the steam hammer) and the greatest of the English romantic poets, John Keats.
It was sketched by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1895 during one of his holiday trips to Dunure with friends from the Glasgow School of Art.
Historic Scotland is an executive agency of the Scottish Government charged with safeguarding the nation's historic environment. The agency is fully accountable to Scottish Ministers and through them to the Scottish Parliament.
Further information: http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/news-full-article.htm?articleid=27847