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APPENDIX B
PORTSOY TOWN HALL
Portsoy Town Hall is situated on Seafield Street, Portsoy on the main A98 trunk road.
The building is used for Community Council meetings, RNLI, Line Dancing, Scottish
Dance Rally, Jubilee Club and miscellaneous Community use. On the first floor is the
former Council Chamber for the Burgh of Portsoy. The room is used for Community
Council meetings.
The building is of granite (dark whinstone) construction with sandstone features with
a slated roof. The floors are timber whilst the finishes are plaster on timber lath. The
building is not listed.
The accommodation comprises a main entrance vestibule, with storage areas, main
hall with stage, kitchen, disabled toilet, boiler room, side entrance, lesser hall area
(with folding partitions), ladies and gents toilets. On the first floor is the Council
Chambers with additional toilet areas. To the rear of the building is unkept garden
ground.
The building requires extensive repairs to the roof coverings in addition to the roof
masonry which is being carried out in the immediate future. There is also a need for
window repairs and external decoration to be carried out. Internally the building
requires timber treatment and internal decoration. One of the main problems with the
building is caused by no heating being in the wing of the building housing the lesser
hall, toilets and Council Chambers.
BANFF TOWN HALL
Banff Town Hall is a Category A listed building located at the junction between
Castle Street and Seafield Street, Banff. The building was designed by A & W Reid,
Architects, Elgin and opened in 1854 at a cost of £1,700.00. The building was
originally called the St Andrew’s Mason Hall belonging to the Lodge of St Andrew’s.
Much of the building cost of the hall was met by Mrs Margaret Gray, one of the last
members of the family of Chalmers who founded the hospital in Banff.
The Town Hall in Banff is used for Aerobics Classes, Dog Training Classes and
miscellaneous Community use.
The building is of granite (dark whinstone) construction with detailed sandstone
features, single glazed windows and slated roof. The accommodation comprises a
main entrance on the ground floor with Doric columns. There are gents toilets/cloak
areas on the ground floor to the rear of the building. Concrete steps lead to the
landing and the rear exit onto unkept garden ground. Further steps within the building
lead to the main hall. The walls of the main hall are heavily corniced and ornamented
with twelve figures of angels. There is an ante-room off the side of the hall. There is
also a kitchen, disabled and ladies toilet on the first floor.
Although the building is well kept, it is in need of some essential maintenance
including external decoration and associated timber repairs, roof repairs and some
internal plaster/decoration works.
Banff Town Hall is unusual that the areas either side of the main entrance are leased
by the Council as retail units.
MACDUFF TOWN HALL
Macduff Town Hall is a Category B Listed Building located on Shore Street,
Macduff. The building was designed by J B Pirie and opened in 1884.
The Town Hall in Macduff is used for the fitness gym, aerobics classes, various
council meetings and miscellaneous community use. The hall is also used for the
counting of the votes and official declaration for local and central governments.
The building is of granite (dark whinstone) with distinctive sandstone features
including projecting central bay, first floor bay windows and two turrets flanking a
pedimented dormer window. The roof is slated.
The accommodation comprises on the ground floor a main vestibule, fitness room,
dining area, kitchen, storage area with rear stairs to first floor. Main vestibule leads
onto staircase to the first floor. On the first floor is the Council Chamber which
housed the meetings of the former Burgh Council of Macduff. There is a further
meeting room, cleaners store, ladies, gents and disabled toilets. On the landing of the
rear stairs there is a shower room. At the top of the main stair, doors lead onto the
main hall. The balcony is accessed from a side staircase. The other side staircase
leads to the former living accommodation of the hall caretaker.
Although some areas of the hall have been upgraded in recent years, there is some
essential work required to the building. The current disabled lift is out of order and
there is a need for a replacement facility to be provided. The electrical installation
requires to be rewired whilst the roof requires attention. There is also a need to carry
out external decoration and associated timber repairs. Repairs/replacement to the
gutters/downpipes to the rear of the building have been actioned and shall be carried
out in the near future.
The former caretakers accommodation is in a poor condition.
FORYDCE STREET HALL, ROSEHEARTY
Fordyce Street Hall is located at the corner of Fordyce Street and Murison Drive,
Rosehearty.
The building is a single storey structure constructed of granite with slate roof.
Internally the wall and ceiling finishes are plaster on a timber lath, while the floors are
of timber construction.
The building is in fair condition but a programme of maintenance works will be
required to maintain the building to an acceptable standard.
The building is used for a creche, the Community Council, Fraserburgh Health Clinic,
SWRI, Rosehearty Football Club, Community Education, Grampian Police
Community Education, Housing Department, Local Member Surgeries, Bowling
Club, Badminton Club and miscellaneous community use.
The building is not listed.
DALRYMPLE HALL, FRASERBURGH
Dalrymple Hall, Fraserburgh is a Category C Listed Building located in Harbour
Road, Fraserburgh. The building was designed by Jenkins and Marr, Architects and
opened in 1881.
The ground floor of the building is currently unused, being vacated by Aberdeenshire
Council, Finance staff due to the poor condition of the building.
This part of the building was used as a hall and Café and is still referred to by locals
as the Café. The ground floor is separated from the rest of the building. The first
floor of the building (accessed from the ground off Broad Street) has a new extended
area completed in 1990. The first floor accommodation includes ladies, gents and
disabled toilets, meeting room, recreation rooms and main hall. The second floor
comprises the balcony, costume store and other ancillary accommodation. There is a
boiler room adjacent to the building.
The hall is widely used by numerous Community groups including Fraserburgh Junior
Arts.
The costs provided in the Appendix excludes work required to the ground floor
(former office) and works associated with the Open Door Project.
The building is constructed of grey granite, with some dressed features and is
described in the Banff & Buchan Architectural Guide as ‘straightforwardly Baronial
in jagged Aberdeen style surmounted by a five storey tower, extended in angular
glass’.
The building is in need of immediate attention to bring it up to an acceptable standard.
Work is currently on-going carrying out repairs to the windows and doors and
external decoration shall follow. Furthermore, works are required to the electrical
installation and the roof.