HC Deb 03 June 1991 vol 192 cc87-91W
Sir Nicholas Fairbairn

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give details of the major churches and historic houses which have been restored with Government funds since 1979.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Since 1979 Government grants totalling just over £50,000,000 have been spent on churches and historic houses. The major recipients of these funds are set out in the table:

Historic Buildings Repair Grants over £100,000 (either individually or cumulatively) paid to major churches and historic houses between April 1979 and March 1991
Amount £
CHURCHES
1984–85
St. Andrews, Glasgow 149,962
1985–86
1986–87
Buccleuch and Greyfriars, Edinburgh 364,610
Free North church, Inverness 132,000
1987–88
Glenorchy church, Dalmally 160,000
Cathedral of St. Paul, Dundee 314,500
St. John's kirk, Perth 103,500
Kelso North, Roxburgh 105,000
1988–89
Pilrig and Dalmeny, Edinburgh 139,500
St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh 100,500
St. Mary's parish church, Edinburgh 118,687
St. Paul's and St. George's, Edinburgh 455,500
Cathedral church of St. Mary The Virgin, Glasgow 427,300
Evangelical church, Glasgow 262,000
Lansdowne parish church, Glasgow 308,270
St. Magnus Cathedral, Orkney 138,750
Dunbar parish church, East Lothian 400,000
1989–90
The Round church, Bowmore 103,115
(between 1980–90)
Beith High, Cunninghame District 128,766
(between 1985–90)
St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh 335,300
(between 1979–90
St. Luke's Greek Orthodox, Glasgow 513,200
(between 1988–90)
Penicuik South Midlothian district 175,000
Paisley Abbey, Renfrew district 216,955
(between 1979–90)
Renfrew Old, Renfrew district 101,000
(between 1980–90)
St. Mathew's Church of the Nazarene, Paisley South 250,000
Church, Stirling 403,200
(between 1988–90)
1990–91
St. Andrews cathedral, Aberdeen 291,700
(between 1985–91)
St. Machars cathedral, Aberdeen 167,470
(between 1982–91)
West Kirk of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen 159,100
(between 1987–91)
loan abbey, Argyll 158,107
(between 1982–91)
High kirk of Stevenston, Cunninghame district 109,000
St. Andrew's, Dundee 115,400
St. Peter's, Inverkeithing 109,000
(between 1979–91)
Canongate kirk, Edinburgh 235,400
(between 1989–91)

Amount £
Cathedral church of St. Mary The Virgin, Edinburgh 345,000
(between 1982–91)
Dalmeny kirk, Edinburgh 103,200
St. John The Evangelist, Edinburgh 261,006
(between 1985–91)
Magdalen chapel, Edinburgh 127,300
North Leith parish church, Edinburgh 129,200
(between 1989–91)
Cathedral church of St. Mary The Virgin, Glasgow 517,300
(between 1987–91)
Ettrick parish church, Ettrick and Lauderdale district 100,300
(between 1987–91)
St. Margaret's RC Huntly 242,000
(between 1988–91)
Daviot parish church, Inverness district 113,700
Episcopal church of St. Margaret, Braemar 110,000
Johnstone High, Johnstone 135,600
Thomas Coats Memorial church, Paisley 126,600
(between 1988–91)
Church of The Holy Rude, Stirling 414,756
(between 1987–91)
Wellington church, Glasgow 103,600
Gilcomston South church, Aberdeen 1,432,000
HISTORIC HOUSES
1984–85
Aikenhead house, Glasgow 150,000
Fatima house, Kyle and Carrick district 135,500
1985–86
Hatton castle, Angus district 150,000
Martyrs' public school, Glasgow 105,000
Trinity college, Glasgow 155,050
1986–87
Castle Grant, Badenoch and Strathspey district 150,000
Corehouse, Lanark, Clydesdale district 198,514
Dalzell house, Motherwell district 190,000
1987–88
Hospitalfield farm steading, Arbroath 159,000
Dowanhill centre, Glasgow 253,500
Grecian building, Glasgow 171,480
(between 1982–88)
St. Andrews-by-the-Green, Glasgow 158,400
(between 1979–88)
Wemyss Bay pier, Inverclyde district 100,000
Niddry castle, West Lothian district 136,400
1988–89
House of Dun, Angus district 240,908
Barbreck house, Argyll 260,000
Auchinleck, Cumnock and Doon Valley district 204,300
(between 1983–89)
House of Gray, Dundee 223,600
(between 1979–89)
St. John's Highland Tolbooth church, Edinburgh 637,140
(between 1983–89)
52 Charlotte street, Glasgow 110,202
Clyde port authority building, Glasgow 110,480
Glasgow university 488,930
St. George's in the Field, Glasgow 200,000
Stephen's Engine Shop, Irvine 565,000
The Granary, City Mills, Perth 121,450

Amount £
Fyvie castle, Banff and Buchan district 502,420
(between 1985–88)
Advocate's close, Edinburgh 133,506
(between 1984–89)
1989–90
Forter castle, Angus 220,275
Marchmont house, Greenlaw, Berwickshire 172,846
(between 1986–90)
Hill house, Helensburgh 235,681
(between 1987–90)
Dunimarle castle, Culross 171,000
George Heriot's, Edinburgh 111,045
(between 1982–90)
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh 120,000
Mertoun house, Newtown St. Boswells, Ettrick and Lauderdale 313,284
(between 1988–90)
Thirlestane castle, Lauder 546,420
(between 1979–90)
David Cargill house, Glasgow 166,340
Theatre Royal, Glasgow 504,670
(between 1986–91)
Bargany house, Girvan 142,166
Arniston, Gorebridge 142,400
(between 1979–90)
Aberlour house, Aberlour 101,010
1990–91
Ascog house, Bute 128,000
Duart castle, Mull 176,477
Winter Gardens, Rothesay 119,408
(between 1987–91)
Paxton house, Berwickshire 473,000
(between 1980–91)
Alloa tower, Alloa 195,986
Morgan tower, Dundee 119,076
(between 1989–91)
Balgone house, North Berwick 100,000
Esk Mills, Musselburgh 206,280
Yester chapel, Gifford 139,000
Melrose railway station Ettrick and Lauderdale 172,832
(between 1984–91)
Barony church, Glasgow 535,300
(between 1989–91)
Carlton place, Glasgow 1,795,212
(between 1988–91)
Elder Cottage hospital, Glasgow 116,930
North Spiers wharf, Glasgow 591,407
(between 1989–91)
Queen's Cross church, Glasgow 257,335
(between 1979–91)
Culzean castle, Kyle and Carrick district 281,415
(between 1982–91)
Royal Faculty of Procurators, Glasgow 401,030
(between 1988–91)
Annanhill house, Kilmarnock 493,950
(between 1988–91)

Amount £
339–343 High street, Kirkcaldy 298,000
Kinlochmoidart house, Lochaber district (between 1988–91)
149,675
Prestonhall Folly, Pathhead 110,000
Tinwald house, Nithsdale district (between 1988–91)
283,500
Birkhill house, North-East Fife district 158,150
Dall house, Rannoch school, Perth and Kinross district 120,000
Old Manse, Cromarty (between 1981–91)
208,900
Bardowie castle, Strathkelvin (between 1982–91)
114,940
Hopetoun house, West Lothian district (between 1983–91)
593,524
Niddry castle, West Lothian district (between 1987–91)
182,100
Rossdhu house, Dumbarton (between 1983–91)
131,000