Tipperary heritage sites to share €146,000 funding under Built Heritage Investment Scheme

A total of €147,377 is being awarded to 26 projects in Tipperary under this year’s Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) announced by the Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan.

The BHIS is one of two built heritage funding schemes run by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in association with the 31 Local Authorities.

The scheme assists owners of heritage structures – including those on the local authorities’ Record of Protected Structures and those in Architectural Conservation Areas – to meet their obligations to care for their properties by providing match-funded grants of up to €15,000 for standard projects (not involving thatch).

The scheme is not limited to private dwellings but also provides assistance to a wide range of other important heritage structures. This year’s BHIS includes awards to a number of local historic structures, including:

- St Mary's Church, Killenaule

- Wolfe Tone Memorial, Thurles

- The Old Parochial House, Borrisokane

- Dromore House, Newport

Also included under this year’s scheme is funding of €500,000 for conservation repairs to eligible historic thatched structures with grants of up to €20,000 available through the scheme. Tipperary has been awarded €21,377 for three thatched structures.

In total, 556 heritage projects across the country will benefit from funding of €4.5m

The full list of sites in Tipperary includes:

- Bawnbeg, Coolagarranroe, Burncourt, interior structural repair and chimney reconstruction, €7,100

- J Ryan, Graigue, Clogheen, repair of thatch roof, €9,600 (includes €2,500 under main stream)

- Thatch Monsea, Monsea, Ballycommon, Nenagh, roof repairs to slate roof, including reinstalment of original slates, repairs to
wall and mill machinery, €7,177

- 1978 Wolfe Tone Memorial, Liberty Square, Thurles, essential repairs and cleaning of monument, €9,500

- Curraghbawn House, Newtown, Nenagh, historic window glass conservation/protection, €3,000

- Coalfield House, The Commons, Thurles, mitigation of damp, €2,500

- The Old Parochial House, Mill Street, Borrisokane, roof repair, structures and coverings, including lead work, €11,000

- St Mary's Church, Bailey Street, Killenaule, rainwater goods repair/replacement, €11,000

132 Main Street, Templemore, installation of appropriate secondary glazing, €3,000

- Lower Gate House (formerly Camus House), Lower Gate St, Loughnafina, Cashel, historic window glass conservation/protection, €3,000

- Bawnbeg, Coolagarranroe, Burncourt, Cahir, interior structural repair and chimney reconstruction, €2,500

- Kilcorron House, Lorrha, Nenagh, rainwater goods repair/replacement, €2,500

- Church of St John the Baptist, Clonoulty, repair of bell tower, €9,000

- T Mason Building, Friar Street, Thurles, historic window glass conservation/protection, €2,500

- Dromore House, Newport, historic window glass conservation/protection, €3,000

- Ballyboe, Ballypatrick, Co Tiperary, historic window glass conservation/protection, €3,000

- Cahir Presbyterian Church, Abbey Street, Cahir, historic window glass conservation/protection, €3,500

- St Mary's Church of Ireland, Thurles, historic window glass conservation/protection, €7,000

- Labourers Cottage, Greenmount, Newcastle, roof repair, €5,000

- McGrath's Shop, Main Street, Fethard, stabilisation of masonry, €9,500

- Grenane House, Tipperary, historic window glass conservation/protection, €3,500

- Alta Villa, Cashel Road, Barnora, Cahir, roof repair, structures and coverings, including lead work, €11,000

- Ballybrado House, Ballybrado House, Cahir, historic window glass conservation/protection, €3,000

- 7 Castle Street, Cahir, roof chimney and roof repair, removal of render and replacement of render to front and repair windows to front, €9,500

- Old AIB Building, Bank Street, Templemore, historic window glass conservation/protection, €3,500

- Thatch Monsea, Monsea, Ballycommon, Nenagh, roof repairs to slate roof, including reinstalment of original slates, repairs to wall and mill machinery, €2,500