Ideas are wanted for 300-year-old farmIngrid Campbell at the 300-year-old farmhouse
A GLASGOW community is being asked to help transform one of the oldest buildings in the area.
Plans are being developed to restore the dilapidated former Fairfield Farmhouse and yard in Elder Park, Govan, into a facility which can be used by residents.Ideas to revive the 300-year old, B-listed building include a nursery, a healthy eating cafe, meeting space and a business unit.
But Linthouse Urban Village Project, part of Linthouse Housing Association, which is working on the project with Glasgow City Council, needs local people to tell them what they want.
Project co-ordinator Ingrid Campbell said: "The first stage of the project is to do a community consultation about what the hopes, ambitions and ideas are for the historic former farmhouse and yard. At present it's a waste of a community asset."
They want as many people as possible to attend public meetings on Wednesday - 3.30pm till 4.15pm, or 6.30pm to 7.15pm, both at Elder Park Library in Govan.
The park, including the farmhouse, was gifted to the people of Govan by Lady Elder whose husband ran the shipyards.
The project, which will also canvas for ideas door-to-door, was given almost £200,000 by the Big Lottery Fund to get started but will need another £4million to £5m to complete.
Publication date 14/01/08