A regeneration project in 2004 transformed derelict herring gutting and curing huses on Telford Street in to 6 flats and 10 houses for affordable rent.
Pentland Housing Associaiton undertook this scheme with funding from Highland Council, Communities Scotland, the Lower Pultneytown Townscape Heritage Initiative and the local enterprise company
The developed used materials specified by Telford for the town's construction, including Caithness stone and slate. A community arts project involved local young people in researching Caithness dialect and selecting phrases and words which were sandblasted onto the flagstone walls. Tin templates were also made for decorative copper cladding, inspried by the town's fish trade.
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