A £5million masterplan has been unveiled to transform Fyvie Castle, one of Aberdeenshire’s most iconic landmarks.
Over the next decade, the project will deliver a new café and visitor centre at the 13th-century site, and open up never-before-seen rooms at the A-listed castle.
The first phase also includes saving the derelict B-listed Old Home Farm, which will become a visitor hub with public access to the Victorian stables.
The first phase of the project is expected to be completed in 2027, The P&J reports.
National Trust for Scotland (NTS) chief executive Phil Long said: “Through this masterplan, we are taking the castle, gardens and grounds into their next era.
“We will be conserving them for future generations and making them more accessible and engaging to all, under our care for the benefit of the nation."
The P&J also reports veteran doctors are warning that decades of medical history could be lost if urgent action isn't taken to save Aberdeen's Woolmanhill Hospital.
The former infirmary has sat empty and vandalised for years, despite repeated called to turn it into a medical museum.
Hopes for redevelopment were quashed in 2021 after plans for a £10million luxury hotel were scrapped, and despite promises from owners CAF Properties to revive the site, it remains boarded up.
Members of the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society have accused city leaders of “sitting on a goldmine of history and not doing anything with it.”