PRESS RELEASE : £300,000 to transform Old Town Hall in Whithorn [January 2023]
The press release issued by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 18 January 2023.
£300,000 was allocated from the Community Ownership Fund to transform the Old Town Hall in Whithorn, Galloway.
The funding will help the town hall become more accessible, functional and support working towards Net-Zero.
Plans for the building
The Grade B listed Georgian town hall is set to turn into a new social enterprise that will offer training to young people in:
- traditional stonemasonry
- joinery skills
It will also showcase energy efficiency innovation for hard-to-treat Georgian buildings.
