Inverness Common Good award helps seal future of iconic Rose Window

Highland Councillors have approved 3 grant applications for Inverness Common Good funding totalling £36,675 that will benefit golf tourism, ‘festoon’ lighting and the restoration and installation of the Rose Window at Inverness Castle.

Leader of Inverness and Area Cllr Ian Brown said: “I am absolutely thrilled to be able to finally help seal the future of the Rose Window along with my fellow councillors of the City of Inverness Area Committee as we agree this Inverness Common Good Funding today. I would like to thank all previous Councillors and Officers over the years who have helped save and preserve this wonderful historic asset with the previous assistance of the inverness common good fund and I am delighted that the Committee have agreed to play a part in preserving it for future generations in what will be a truly exciting rejuvenation of the window.

“I am also pleased to support the funding applications for the Scottish Golf Tourism Week and the Bishops Road Lighting project (the latter which) which will complement the Inverness Castle Experience on the other side of the River Ness.”

D C Thomson & Company Limited has been awarded £15,000 towards the 7th annual Scottish Golf Tourism Week which will be held in March 2024.

The Highland Council has been awarded £12,175 to install festoon lighting along a 150m length of path at Bishops Road, Inverness from the existing Ness walk food kiosk opposite Eden Court to the start of the path at the junction with Ardross Street opposite Inverness Cathedral.

The new lighting is planned to provide improved night-time appearance on a busy local thoroughfare. Increased safety for pedestrians and cycle users on a busy active travel route and attract residents and visitors to local street food vendors operating in the area.

Highland Council was also awarded £9,500 for the long-awaited restoration of the historic ‘Rose Window’, providing a new home and a protected covering for its long-term conservation and display, as part of the Inverness Castle Experience City Region Deal project.

The Rose Window was removed from its original site in a former church on Inglis Street at the time of the Eastgate Centre construction. The window has since been maintained as an asset of the Inverness Common Good Fund and held in storage. Thanks to the Inverness Common Good Fund it will now become an integral part of the Inverness Castle Experience forming the central point of the “Seanchaidh – Rose Window Room” where visitors will meet their tour guide.

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