Buttress has submitted £10.7m plans to restore and upgrade Preston’s grade I-listed Harris museum, library and art gallery.

The Harris, in the centre of the Lancashire city, serves as a community hub as well as a learning centre. Its collections include paintings, textiles, sculpture, photography, historic books and digital art, many of which are of international significance.

The project will tackle the Victorian building’s damp issues at roof and basement level as well as improving accessibility and permeability.

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