A pavilion in Dundee’s Baxter Park is likely to be demolished in the wake of a devastating fire.
The building was to have been an important part of the creation of a new games area but was ravaged by flames in April after vandals set fire to a wheelie bin.
It has lain in a state of disrepair ever since and is now set to disappear for good, with the costs of maintaining it or bringing it back to its former glory prompting the council to look at levelling the site.
Irene Shearer, who is the chairwoman of the Friends of Baxter Park, accepts that the pavilion would cost too much to repair and renovate.
She said: “The pavilion was meant to serve as the toilet facilities for the new £187,000 multi-use games area, but after it was set fire to, that all changed.
“As well as repairing all the damage to the building, the facilities would have had to have been upgraded as well which I don’t think anyone was prepared to spend money on.
“It is frustrating but we will go on improving the park.”
Councillor Craig Melville said the burnt-out pavilion had become an eyesore and should be demolished.
He said there were “some issues to be considered” before permission for demolition can be given.