| REFURBISHMENT | Modernising of a building (13) |
| PETERTHEGREAT | Modernising Russian tsar, d. 1725 (5,3,5) |
| ATATURK | A rubbish country welcomes right modernising leader (7) |
| UPDATING | Modernising, find new use for a dung pit |
| RAINIER | ___III, European ruler as famous for marrying a Hollywood star as for modernising his principality (7) |
| UPGRADING | Modernising (software) |
| RENOVATION | Architect listened to great applause for modernising |
| LATER | Thatcher's modernising successor firing son in due course |
| CAVEDWELLERS | Folk with primitive homes: all deserve modernising with WC |
| ELECTRIFICATION | Process for modernising railways (15) |
| ACCESSIBILITY | Ease of entry (of a building, eg) (13) |
| EMERGENCYEXIT | A designated way out of a building or vehicle to escape in case of mishap (9,4) |
| WELLAPPOINTED | (Of a building or room) equipped to a high standard |
| NONSTRUCTURAL | Like interior walls of a building that aren't load-bearing (13) |
| SPOUT | Part of a teapot or a watering can; or, an element of a gargoyle designed to convey rainwater away from the side of a building (5) |
| APSE | Semicircular projection of a building, often the eastend of a church, with a domed and vaulted roof |
| GABLE | Portion of the front or side of a building enclosed by or masking the end of a pitched roof, as in the Rhododendron 'James ___' (5) |
| CARYATID | A female figure used instead of a column to support the top of a building in classical architecture (8) |
| STAIRS | A flight of steps connecting the floors of a building (6) |
| GARGOYLE | A grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building, typically acting as a drainage spout. (8) |
