Fundraising for Hill House hits £1 million mark

A fundraising campaign to secure the future of the Hill House, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, has reached the £1 million mark.

The attraction in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, is suffering from damp and a project is under way to create a mesh cover for the building to protect it from wet weather for the next decade.

After launching an appealatthestartoffebruary, the National Trust for Scotland said it had raised £1m of its £1.5m target with the help of an endowment from Robert Barr’s Charitable Trust.

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