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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.