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title: bangor-2024
date: 2026-07-25
status: published
year: 2024
category: Best Major Regeneration of an Historic Building or Place over £1 million
tags: [2024]
author: winner
project: The Court House, Bangor
angel: Kieran Gilmore And Alison Gordon Open House Festival
image: "/heritage_angels/shortlists/2024/openhouse.png"
video_link: "https://www.youtube.com/embed/OUPiz1r2L_U"
---

Kieran and Alison led the regeneration of **The Court House, Bangor**, a B2 listed former bank and courthouse, dated 1866, on the At Risk register. The Court House achieved Northern Ireland’s first Community Asset Transfer in 2020. A crowdfunding campaign raised nearly £2m from local people and businesses, leveraging significant grant funding. It is Bangor’s only dedicated music and arts venue, hosting over 400 events in its first year.