Report - London Borough of Hillingdon

Heritage Lottery Application / consultants fees, etc 40,000
Contingency 10,000
TOTAL say 120,000
Up to 2 years
Survey and specification * 40,000
Patch repairs to roof and weatherboarding * 25,000
Repairs and painting to barn doors * 5,000
Studies and Heritage Lottery application * 80,000
Improvements inside for use, say 30,000
TOTAL say 180,000
Up to 5 years
Patch repairs to roof tiles * 28,000
Reclad southern end * 75,000
Repair/reclad weatherboarding * 30,000
? Additional improvements to inside for use ?
TOTAL say 133,000
Up to 10 years
Re-roof * 400,000
Structural repairs to frame etc * 350,000
Consultants fees etc 200,000
Repairs / refixing to weatherboarding * 30,000
Contingency say 200,000
TOTAL say 1,180,000
GRAND TOTAL SAY 1,620,000
8. The Borough of Hillingdon has approximately 410 Listed Buildings of which
only 7 are Grade I Listed Buildings and the significance of The Barn is considerably
increased because it is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument of which there are only
5 in the Borough, with no other having the dual status. This high level status gives
The Barn a high priority in terms of favourable consideration from external agencies
particularly Heritage Lottery Funding (HLF).
As the preferred intended use of The Barn would involve public access there needs
to be a rigorous maintenance programme. From the table above this programme is
likely to require significant funding and therefore it is envisaged that HLF and other
external funding sources such as Hillingdon Community Trust would contribute to
these costs. Acquisition of The Barn would require ring fenced funding so that it
would not have to compete against higher priority bids and effectively becomes “top
of the list”.
9. If the Council were to acquire The Barn immediate works would need to be
undertaken to comply with Health and Safety and security requirements. These
works may take a period of 6 - 9 months to plan, obtain approval ( as a Listed
Building and Scheduled Ancient Monument status) and complete. Due to the quiet
location with no other adjoining occupied property, security will be an issue and
CCTV may be required. Anything stored there from the start will be at risk of
vandalism, theft or destruction, although an adjacent property is currently occupied
PART 1 – MEMBERS, PUBLIC AND PRESS
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