Lisburn school built in 1913 among three Northern Ireland projects awarded funding of more than £2m from HeritageFundUK:
Hilden Mill School in Lisburn will be transformed, with a tea room and childcare facilities
They include Hilden Mill School near Lisburn, St Joseph's Church in Glenullin, County Londonderry, and the Rathlin Acting for Tomorrow project.Hilden Mill School gained the highest NI award of £833,846. The school dates back to 1913 and was built by the Barbour family to educate mill employees and their families.
"We envisage it as a commercially-viable enterprise, restored in a sympathetic way, where families can come to drop off little ones and take time to enjoy the surroundings in a specially designed tearoom," he said.
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