512 built heritage projects, spread out across 31 local authority areas, are to benefit from \u20ac4 million in funding under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2022.<\/p>\n
The Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) will assist custodians and owners of protected structures, and structures within Architectural Conservation Areas, in meeting their obligations to care for their historic properties.\u00a0 Through grants of up to \u20ac15,000, the BHIS will be used to undertake essential conservation works including joinery and roof repair, lime rendering, draught-proofing windows and repairing stained glass.\u00a0 The BHIS will leverage approximately \u20ac13 million in private capital and create employment in traditional skills trades.<\/p>\n
The BHIS is not limited to private dwellings and gives valuable financial assistance to a wide range of heritage sites.\u00a0 Examples awarded funding under the BHIS 2022 include the conservation of historic glass in a former bank in Cootehill, County Cavan; the stabilisation of the masonry of the walled gardens at Blarney Castle in County Cork; the repair of the roof and windows at the old courthouse in Lifford, County Donegal; the repair of windows in the former Iveagh Trust Public Baths in Dublin; the conservation of a pipe organ in Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church, Glasthule, D\u00fan Laoghaire-Rathdown; the lime pointing of the Raheens Cenotaph near Castlebar in County Mayo; and the stabilisation of the stone work of a fountain in Roscrea, County Tipperary.\u00a0 Churches, mills, thatched houses, and many other building types have also been awarded funding.<\/p>\n
Also included under the BHIS 2022 is a continuation of the micro-grant scheme introduced in 2020 to increase the resilience of historic structures to withstand the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n