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Traquair Archive
St Ronan’s Wells was built by the 7th Earl of Traquair in 1826 to provide somewhere where the leisured classes could take the waters at their ease. Before then it was a muddy field with a bench. It transformed Innerleithen from a hamlet with 400 people into a bustling town in the summer with nearly…
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Press release
St Ronan’s Wells Support Group Awarded £13,680 Architectural Heritage Fund Grant The St Ronan’s Wells Support Group in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders has secured £13,680 from the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) to explore the future of the historic St Ronan’s Wells building. Nestled in woodland above Innerleithen, St Ronan’s Wells is a Victorian spa dating back…
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Community Asset Transfer Timeline
The group has received this from Erin Coltman, Participation Officer, Communities and Partnerships Team, Scottish Borders Council. Erin is our interface to SBC and always been very helpful.Hi Chris, I’m writing to provide an update on the Community Asset Transfer (CAT) process for St Ronan’s Wells and to confirm the revised timeline we will be working to.Following…
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Deed of Servitude
Some of the group had a fun morning looking at the legal documents to do with the sale of The Wells to Innerleithen Town Council. They are difficult for non-legal types like us to interpret, but one contains the sale of 14 properties and parcels of land by Fiona Maxwell Stuart of Traquair in 1996;…
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What do we plan to do?
We plan to apply to Borders Council for an asset transfer of St Ronan’s Wells into community ownership.We will set up a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) to enable this. Once the asset transfer has taken place (and this will take 1-2 years) we will start the job of renovating the interior and exterior of…