The Dalkeith THI/CARS has awarded the last building grant to No 2 High Street, the Blossom Garden Restaurant. This is a priority building in the grant scheme. Dalkeith Business Renewal, one of the grant partners agreed to allocate an additional sum to the grant fund to enable this property to be repaired and restored.
The Blossom Garden Restaurant is in a very poor condition and has in the past been served with a Dangerous Structure Notice due to loose render falling off the building on to the footpath below. The cement render is in a very poor state and the roof needs urgent attention.
The building is situated in a very prominent location within the Dalkeith Conservation Area at the junction of the High Street with Buccleuch Street and Eskbank Road and currently gives a poor impression of the town as you enter the High Street at this point. The work that has been completed to repair and restore the property opposite 1-3 High Street has had the effect of making the Blossom Garden Restaurant even worse. The town is currently being regenerated in this area with the development of the Morrison's supermarket so it is important that the condition of the Blossom Garden Restaurant is addressed.
The grant has been awarded for the repair of the roof, chimney, rainwater goods, all the doors and windows will be repaired and refurbished and the cement render taken off and the stonework beneath repaired to receive a new lime harl and lime colour wash. The exposed stone work on the Buccleuch Street elevation will be repaired and repointed in a lime mortar.
The work will start on the 13th January for a 14 week contract period and will significantly upgrade the building and will enhance and improve this area of the town, complimenting the work that has been done on 1-3 High Street opposite and the public realm work (i.e. the widening and repairing of the footpaths here in yorkstone) that was completed a year ago.
Photographs of the building illustrating it's current condition and a couple of old photos .
