The Old Port Edgar Barracks - Lar Housing Trust

10/12/2025

Our latest blog has now been published over on the website and details the new flooring that has been laid in the Officers' Mess building on site - read the details by clicking here:

https://larhousingtrust.co.uk/blog-post-5-new-flooring-officers-mess/

You can subscribe for updates on the hub to keep up to date with the latest news!

07/10/2025

Last month, we welcomed local youth groups with an interest in the site to visit, meet our team and find out more about the history and future of the Barracks - they also helped to lay some of the reclaimed bricks, it was a fantastic afternoon and a great chance to meet up with some of the young people in the area. To read more about this initiative (and to sign up for future blogs), you can read all the details within our project hub on the website:

We recently welcomed a number of young people from the local area to join us on site at the Old Port Edgar Barracks development.  There has been a grea ...

02/10/2025

This innovative technology has been housed at our Old Port Edgar Barracks development for the last few years and it's great to see the team SeaWarm secure this funding to roll the heating systems out even further

University of Edinburgh spinout SeaWarm secures £550,000 to scale its modular water-source heating technology, aiming to slash CO₂ emissions by up to 90% and reduce fuel poverty across Scotland.

25/09/2025

We have a couple of cancellations for this Sunday's tours, one at 10am and two at 2pm - booking is essential, follow this link to snap them up!

We are participating in this year's Doors Open Days for Edinburgh on 27 & 28 September Join us for a guided tour of the historic Old Port Edgar Bar ...

24/09/2025

After a fantastic weekend at Doors Open Days Glasgow last weekend, we're all set to showcase our Old Port Edgar Barracks development on 27th and 28th of September. Unfortunately, there are no slots left for this weekend but the team are looking forward to welcoming those who have signed up for the tours on Saturday and Sunday and can look forward to spectacular views like the ones pictured below

02/09/2025

***TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT HAVE NOW ALL BEEN ALLOCATED, THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT EVERYONE!***

We are participating in this years Doors Open Days festival later this month and will be opening the doors to our Old Port Edgar Barracks site for two days only. Registration is essential, to read more about it and book, follow this link: https://larhousingtrust.co.uk/blog-post-3-doors-open-days-2025-old-port-edgar-barracks-27-28-september-2025/

13/08/2025

Following our hugely successful brick laying event at the Old Port Edgar Barracks last week, we are now proud to share our Project Hub on the Lar Housing Trust website:

https://larhousingtrust.co.uk/projects/project-information-hub/

Within the hub you'll find a growing source of information on all things related to the project, from the history of the site, the visitors who have spent time there and our blog, that will be regularly updated with information on many different areas of the project.

We're keen to hear from you too, if there's anything you'd like to see featured within the hub or if you have stories you'd like to share then please get in touch!

You can also sign up to be notified when new blog posts are released so you don't miss out on anything!

15/05/2025

Welcome to our Facebook hub for all things related to the development of our site at The Old Port Edgar Barracks. We're in the process of setting up an area on our website where we will feature news, photos, videos and progress at the development and we'll be launching that very soon.

In the meantime, we'd love to hear more about you and your family's connections to the site - we've heard stories of couples who met at the Barracks, parents who worked there and even relatives who were treated in the hospital wing but we're hoping you've got even more to share with us.

We hope you'll use this page to tell us more about your connections to the site and we can then build a picture of the history of the development as part of The Old Port Edgar Barracks' future.