From the Maitland Mercury report:
The National Trust needs to explore other sources of income to help sustain heritage properties, CEO Brian Scarsbrick said.
Mr Scarsbrick made a surprise visit to Grossmann House and Brough House yesterday to look at the work to be carried out under a $34,000 grant from the Office of Environment and Heritage.
Under the grant, the houses will be painted in their original identical colours, which has not been the case in decades.
Mr Scarsbrick said the city’s heritage amazed him and the future of maintaining heritage buildings relied on the National Trust sourcing income from various places including government grants.
Full article by Belinda-Jane Davis available at Maitland Mercury, 18 Apr, 2012.
