{"id":60251,"date":"2026-01-23T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buildingsofireland.ie\/?p=60251"},"modified":"2026-01-24T12:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:51:40","slug":"built-heritage-investment-scheme-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buildingsofireland.ie\/ga\/built-heritage-investment-scheme-2026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>696 projects throughout Ireland are to receive funding for conservation-led repairs under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Built Heritage Investment Scheme, funded by the National Built Heritage Service in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and administered by the local authorities, is designed to assist the owners of protected structures conserve and enhance their protected structures while also helping to develop and preserve traditional building skills.\u00a0 The grant funding allocated under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2026 will be used to repair a wide variety of protected structures ranging from houses of traditional construction to public buildings which are landmarks of our cities, towns and villages.<\/p>\n<p>Among the projects allocated grant funding of between \u20ac2,500 and \u20ac50,000 under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2026 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Miesian house in Dundanion Court, Cork, which has been allocated \u20ac10,000 for the repair of its doors and windows;<\/li>\n<li>The nationally significant Saint Mary&#8217;s Collegiate Church, Youghal, Cork, which has been allocated \u20ac37,500 for the repair of its doors and windows;<\/li>\n<li>Observatory House, Dunsink Observatory, Castleknock, Dublin, which has been allocated \u20ac20,000 for the repair of its interiors;<\/li>\n<li>An early nineteenth-century Martello tower on the south Dublin coastline which has been allocated \u20ac21,000 for the repointing of its stone work;<\/li>\n<li>The churches in An Ceathr\u00fa Rua and Leitir Meall\u00e1in, Gaillimh, which have both been allocated \u20ac6,200 for the repair of their stained glass;<\/li>\n<li>28 Parliament Street, Kilkenny, which has been allocated \u20ac11,000 for the repair of its traditional Irish shopfront;<\/li>\n<li>The eighteenth-century Elphin Windmill in Roscommon which has been allocated \u20ac35,000 for the re-thatching of its roof and other conservation-led repairs;<\/li>\n<li>The 1798 Monument in Clonmel and the Wellington Monument in Thurles, Tipperary, which have been allocated \u20ac4,285 and \u20ac10,000 respectively for their rehabilitation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of the \u20ac8.1 million awarded nationally through the Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2026, almost \u20ac1.1 million has been earmarked for works to historic thatched buildings, made up of almost \u20ac600,000 from the dedicated Historic Thatched Buildings stream combined with an additional \u20ac490,000 from the main stream.\u00a0 The projects allocated grant funding include a rare rope thatched house in Muineagh, Donegal, and a shell cottage in the centre of Blackwater, Wexford.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the public funding provided under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2026, an estimated \u20ac35 million of private funds will be committed to these projects by their custodians, furthering enhancing the investment in Ireland&#8217;s rich built heritage and representing an effective partnership between the State, individuals and communities around the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsofireland.ie\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BHIS-2026-Recommended-Grant-Offers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2026 &#8211; Recommended Grant Offers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildingsofireland.ie\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BHIS-2026-Historic-Thatched-Buildings-Recommended-Grant-Offers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2026 Historic Thatched Buildings &#8211; Recommended Grant Offers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf7 Bellevue Church, Ballyhoge, County Wexford, which was built (1858-60) by the Cliffe family for their private use and which survived the destruction of their house, the eponymous Bellevue, during the Civil War (1922-3).\u00a0 The church has been allocated \u20ac6,050.00 under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2026 for the conservation-led repair of its doors and windows<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>696 projects throughout Ireland are to receive funding for conservation-led repairs under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme 2026. 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