{"id":21309,"date":"2019-01-11T15:41:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T15:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=21309"},"modified":"2019-01-11T15:41:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T15:41:44","slug":"dumfries-mill-could-become-bricks-and-mortar-festival-tent-bbc-on-dhbt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=21309","title":{"rendered":"Dumfries mill could become &#8216;bricks and mortar festival tent&#8217;: BBC on DHBT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18753\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DumfriesHBT_RosefieldMills_project170418.png\" alt=\"Dumfries HBT website\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" \/>The BBC has reported on how a redundant riverside mill in southern Scotland could be turned into a \u2018bricks and mortar festival tent\u2019 for community events, with Dumfries Historic Buildings Trust (DHBT) behind the plans for Rosefield Mills, which it bought in 2018.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The BBC writes:<\/p>\n<p>It is currently waiting to hear about the fate of an application for Scottish government regeneration funding. However, in the meantime the trust said it was \u2018preparing for the future\u2019 based on community feedback. If the bid for funding is successful, repairs would be carried out to the existing structure and fabric of the building, the trust said.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Moloney, who chairs the trust, said: \u2018This would provide a large, safe, weather-tight industrial space, a &#8216;bricks and mortar festival tent&#8217;, that can be brought quickly into flexible informal use.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He said the revamped building could be used for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>themed markets<\/li>\n<li>concerts and performances<\/li>\n<li>festivals, gatherings, exhibitions and trade fairs<\/li>\n<li>public and community events and entertainments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2018The plans will not only create a building for large community events in the town, but also serve to test demand for longer-term uses, including caf\u00e9s and restaurants, enabling these to be further developed and refined,\u2019 he added. The trust aims to launch the restored riverfront mill site in 2020 as a community space and events venue. That would coincide with the 80th anniversary of the arrival of Norwegian troops in Dumfries during World War Two, when they were billeted in the Troqueer and Rosefield Mills.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Moloney added: \u2018This is only the beginning of an exciting journey and opportunity for the creation of something special, attractive, accessible and of significant benefit to the community of Dumfries and the wider region.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-south-scotland-46113072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more background see the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=18752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IHBC NewsBlogs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has reported on how a redundant riverside mill in southern Scotland could be turned into a \u2018bricks and mortar festival tent\u2019 for community events, with Dumfries Historic Buildings Trust (DHBT) behind the plans for Rosefield Mills, which it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=21309\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21310,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21309\/revisions\/21310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}