Fifteen heritage buildings and sites around the shire are set to benefit from the $22,500 council will be distributing through their Local Heritage Fund.
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The final funds and applicants were announced at Young Shire Council’s September monthly meeting, following inspections by council’s heritage advisor over June and July.
Council recently invited private owners of local heritage items or areas of local significance, to apply for grants of up to $2000 available in the fund for conservation and maintenance works.
Council’s heritage advisor, Ray Christison, evaluated the 15 funding submissions - involving more than $140,000 worth of work - and put forward his recommendations at the council meeting.
The former Bank of NSW (in Boorowa Street), former Burrangong Shire Council Chambers (in Lovell Street) and the former Norman Lipman House (in Clarke Street) were granted $2000 each for repairs and paintwork, while $1500 will go a long way to replacing the guttering at the Calabash Woolshed in Murringo.
The Hall of Commerce in Boorowa Street will receive $2000, plus an additional $1000 to further aid owner Simon Hobson to restore and paint its façade, worth almost $27,000.
Mr Hobson was granted $3000 last year and additional funds in this round to help him complete the urgent works this financial year.
Mr Christison encouraged the same amount be offered for the project for 2014 because the façade’s restoration “would have a substantial impact on the streetscape of the Young business district”.
Up to $1400 will go to the Lower Coolegong Shearing Shed at Bulla Creek and Murringo’s Orizaba Homestead, and the former Young Public School (now the Lambing Flat Museum) will receive $1350 to install fire hoses.
Council has granted $1200 to Cooyong School House in Crowther and the former Crowther Post Office, $1150 to the former St Mark’s Anglican Church in Monteagle, $1050 to the former Murringo Post Office and $1000 to the Koorawatha Regional Rooms.
Owners of the Australian Hotel will use their $1150 to replace their front windows, while the Bribbaree Memorial Hall can replace their floor in the meeting room with the $1100 distributed.
Owners of the heritage properties have been required to match council’s contribution.
It is also expected the Heritage Branch of the NSW Department of Planning will reimburse council $8500 for the works via a grant at the end of the financial year.