BCT became the owner of an historic souter's (or shoe-maker's) shop early in 2000.

This "time capsule shop" was built in 1896 by the shoe maker James Merchant on a croft in Ballogie, and has survived largely untouched since his death in the 1940s, with boxes of shoes on the shelves in the front shop and the shoe-maker's tools and materials still in place in the back workshop. Detailed ledgers of the souter's business and a range of other fascinating items are also still there.

The shop is a remarkable piece of cultural heritage and BCT has embarked on a four phase programme of work to ensure its conservation:
* repairs to the building to make it wind and water tight as well as safe and secure;
* cataloguing of the shops contents with conservation treatment as necessary;
* researching the shop's history and re-positioning the contents to restore its 1930s character;
* developing education material and opening the shop to schools and other interest groups.