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Gaelic Learning Resources Survey
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is seeking views about the types of resources that are, and would be, useful for Gaelic schools and education. Complete the survey to support us in creating and developing learning resources related to culture, heritage and history, and that are relevant for Gaelic education. We are seeking one response from each school with answers about the curriculum as a whole, rather than individual classes or levels. We are especially... MoreOpened 5 March 2026 -
Designating the Cranhill Water Tower in Glasgow
We propose to designate the Cranhill Water Tower in Glasgow as a listed building. Cranhill water tower, located at the eastern edge of Cranhill housing estate, was built in 1951 and designed by Frank A Macdonald and Partners for Glasgow Corporation. The water tower has a striking design with 16 sleek mushroom-top steel columns supporting a ribbed, square concrete water tank and its design reflects the idealism of much early post-war architecture. Water towers were... MoreOpened 5 March 2026 -
Designating former Lads' Institute, Ratcliffe Terrace, Edinburgh
We are proposing to list the 27-29 Ratcliffe Terrace (former Lads' Institute), Edinburgh which was designed and built between 1906-07 by James Linton Lawrence and Victor ‘Spig’ Spiganovicz. The building’s notable Arts and Crafts design is representative of the style and is little altered. The interior also retains some good design features from the early 20th century. As a purpose-built Lads’ Institute, it is a rare example of its building type. Only a very small number are known... MoreOpened 5 March 2026 -
Suirbhidh Ghoireasan Ionnsachaidh Gàidhlig
Tha Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba (Historic Environment Scotland) a’ sireadh bheachdan mu na seòrsa ghoireasan a tha, agus a bhiodh, feumail airson sgoiltean agus foghlam Gàidhlig. Lìon an t-suirbhidh gus ar cuideachadh le bhith a’ cruthachadh agus a’ leasachadh ghoireasan ionnsachaidh co-cheangailte ri cultar, dualchas is eachdraidh, a tha iomchaidh agus freagarrach airson foghlam Gàidhlig. Tha sinn a’ sireadh aon fhreagairt bho gach sgoil le... MoreOpened 5 March 2026 -
Fair Work Across Scotland's Historic Environment
This survey is part of a wider programme of research exploring how Fair Work principles are understood and put into practice across Scotland’s historic environment sector. This survey relates to the Scottish Government's Fair Work approach , which sets out principles for fair, inclusive and sustainable work across Scotland. We want to build a clear baseline of current practice, identify where organisations are already delivering Fair Work in ways that work for them and better... MoreClosed 2 March 2026 -
Guiding at Edinburgh Castle
We want to understand how Edinburgh Castle is utilised by group/tour leaders, clarify the challenges they face, and evaluate the effectiveness of the current measures - with the aim of identifying opportunities for improvement and informing future decisions. Please complete the following short survey to help us understand more about your experience as a guide. We do not have any way to respond directly to individuals, so if there is something you would like a response to please contact ... MoreClosed 1 March 2026 -
trove.scot Feedback Survey
We want to hear your views and experiences of using our new service trove.scot. Your feedback will inform future work on the website. We read all feedback and use it to shape improvements. We can’t reply to every message, but may follow up if you give permission. For customer service enquiries, please find out how to contact us . Find out what we’re currently working on to improve trove.scot and what we've recently released. MoreOpened 27 February 2026 -
Designating First Hampden pavilion, Glasgow
We are seeking your views on a proposal to designate the remains of First Hampden football ground pavilion, Glasgow, as a scheduled monument. We have assessed the site using our published selection guidance following an external request to designate the site. The monument comprises the buried remains of the pavilion (built 1878) for First Hampden football ground (1873-83). It survives as the buried remains of the structure, represented by foundations... MoreOpened 26 February 2026 -
Designating the Ubiquitous Chip, Ashton Lane, Glasgow
We propose to designate the Ubiquitous Chip on Ashton Lane, Glasgow as a listed building. Built in 1893, it was part of a stable yard and workshop before its conversion to a restaurant in 1974. It contains two internal murals painted in 1977 and 1980–81 by the Glaswegian writer and artist, Alasdair Gray (1934–2019), who was a regular customer of the restaurant. The Ubiquitous Chip on Ashton Lane © HES Alasdair Gray is one of the most... MoreClosed 19 February 2026 -
Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship consultation
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has published a draft Strategy document entitled: Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship . This draft Strategy explains how HES plans to care for the Properties and Collections in its care over the long term and why change is needed. Scotland’s historic environment is facing growing challenges, including climate change, rising costs, and a shortage of traditional skills. The Strategy... MoreClosed 23 January 2026 -
Talking About Heritage Survey 2025
What do you talk about when you talk about heritage? Scotland’s heritage belongs to us all – from stone circles and high streets to tenements and schools. It may also be your local park, the venue where you saw the best gig you've ever been to, or the place you picture when you think of home. Heritage makes our communities special and it’s everything we inherit from the past that shapes who we are today as well as influencing our future. Talking About Heritage is a... MoreClosed 19 December 2025 -
Designating St Bride's Church, Bothwell
We are proposing to list St Bride’s Roman Catholic Church in Bothwell. It was built 1971-3 to designs by John Duncan Henderson Mackenzie and was constructed to provide a new parish church for the Catholic community in Bothwell, as the town expanded northwards. It remains in use for worship and is one of the most architecturally distinctive post-war churches erected for the Diocese of Motherwell. St Bride’s Church is a good example of a post-war Roman Catholic church... MoreClosed 1 December 2025 -
Grants Budget Allocation
Thank you for your interest in filling out this questionnaire. Historic Environment Scotland provides funding of circa £14.5m for the historic environment in Scotland each year, supporting everything from major capital projects, such as the Citizen’s Theatre in Glasgow, to oral history collecting in the Western Isles. This questionnaire is aimed at anyone with an interest in the historic environment, or working in the sector. The questionnaire will close on 30th November 2025 and... MoreClosed 30 November 2025 -
Designating Tuathanas Tòrabol / Torboll Farm, Highland
We propose to designate buildings at Tuathanas Tòrabol / Torboll Farm as a listed building. Torboll Farm is a traditional agricultural complex, with the main buildings dating primarily to the first half of the 19th century. There are also earlier structures remaining, possibly dating from 17th to 18th centuries, some parts of which may have been incorporated into the current buildings. We think the site is significant as a good surviving example of Agricultural Improvement period... MoreClosed 31 October 2025 -
Designating Cathcart Cemetery, Glasgow
We propose to designate Cathcart Cemetery as a listed building. The cemetery was designed in 1876 by William Ross McKelvie. It is located in the residential suburb of Cathcart, south of Glasgow city centre, and retains much of its original layout. It includes boundary walls, entrance gates, a former gatelodge and a range of ornate monuments set within landscaped, wooded grounds. The cemetery also contains gravemarkers to many notable early footballers and other pioneers of the... MoreClosed 24 October 2025 -
Designating the Dalmuir Park Drinking Fountain, Clydebank
We are proposing to list the drinking fountain in Dalmuir Park, Clydebank, which was manufactured by Walter Macfarlane and Company of the Saracen Foundry in Glasgow. It is a freestanding cast-iron drinking fountain, dated 1907. The fountain is a major example of a public drinking fountain from the Edwardian period. The ornate design is technically detailed and demonstrates high quality materials and craftsmanship. Walter Macfarlane was one of the major suppliers in the... MoreClosed 22 October 2025 -
Designating the James Watt South Building, Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow
We are proposing to list the James Watt South Building, at the University of Glasgow’s Gilmorehill Campus, which was designed by architects Keppie Henderson & Gleave and opened in 1958. It was built as an extension to the Engineering Faculty of the University of Glasgow and was largest and most expensive of the new buildings that were constructed as part of the University’s first phase of expansion in the post-war period. It continues in use by the Engineering Faculty in 2025. ... MoreClosed 17 October 2025 -
Designating the Carnegie Public Library in Dumbarton
We propose to designate the Carnegie public library in Dumbarton as a listed building. Dumbarton Library, located along Strathleven Place, was designed in the Renaissance style by local architect, William Reid. The building is dated 1909 and is a two-storey, three-bay, purpose-built public library that was funded through the Public Libraries (Scotland) Act and the Carnegie library grant scheme. Constructed in locally sourced Dalreoch sandstone to the front... MoreClosed 8 October 2025 -
Designating the Brunton Hall, Musselburgh
We are carrying out a consultation to inform a decision on whether to designate the Brunton Hall as a listed building at category B The Brunton Hall is a purpose-built civic centre complex and public arts venue that was built between 1968 and 1971. It is a landmark building in Musselburgh town centre that is prominently located at the junction between North High Street and Bridge Street. Due to the presence of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in the roof panels,... MoreClosed 11 September 2025 -
Designating memorial drinking fountain to the ‘Diana’ whaling vessel in Lerwick
We propose to designate the memorial drinking fountain to the ‘Diana’ whaling vessel in Lerwick as a listed building. The drinking fountain, located on Victoria Pier, dates from 1890 and commemorates the ill-fated voyage and return of the Diana whaling ship in 1866-67 to Baffin Bay in Greenland. Made by James Hunter of Aberdeen, it is constructed in contrasting pink and grey granite and has a later stylised chalice sculpture. Shetland played a significant role in the... MoreClosed 27 August 2025 -
Heritage Training for Planning Authorities
Historic Environment Scotland are seeking your views to help us develop a high-quality training programme to support decision-making by planning authorities in cases affecting the historic environment. The need for this training programme was determined in part because of direct feedback from planning authorities as well as in alignment with the Scottish Government’s National Planning Skills Commitment Plan . The course will provide in-depth knowledge and... MoreClosed 22 August 2025 -
Skills Survey for Historic Environment Employers
As an employer, sole trader or organisation in the heritage sector, it is vital that we hear your views on your organisation's skills needs and gaps, and the accessibility and appropriateness of training provision, to help monitor the skills health of the sector and feed into planning for programmes of support for the sector. The Skills Investment Plan for the Historic Environment (SIP) was published in April 2024 following consultation with the sector and its partners. As part of... MoreClosed 31 July 2025 -
Volunteer-involving heritage organisations survey
Help us make heritage volunteering more inclusive! Make Your Mark , a campaign to increase the number and diversity of heritage volunteers in Scotland, is running a survey with Volunteer Scotland and Our Past, Our Future , Scotland’s national strategy for the historic environment, to better understand volunteering in Scotland’s heritage sector. By heritage, we mean built, cultural and natural heritage. The survey is open to volunteer-involving heritage organisations and... MoreClosed 11 July 2025 -
Heritage volunteer survey
Calling all people who volunteer with history, heritage, culture and nature organisations in Scotland - we want to hear from you! This survey is for people who volunteer with: Archives or libraries Archaeological digs Civic trusts Development associations Heritage associations Historic sites or monuments Historic landscapes or gardens Museums or galleries Nature organisations or... MoreClosed 9 July 2025 -
Scotland's protected historic places - consultation on a long-term strategy for heritage designation
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is looking for your views on our strategy for how we identify and legally protect Scotland's most important historic sites and places. Heritage designation is the system we use to provide legal recognition and protection for historic sites across Scotland. More than 55,000 sites are currently protected in this way. The strategy sets out a long-term approach to delivering national-level heritage designations. We set out our vision... MoreClosed 1 July 2025 -
Designating Cathkin Park, Glasgow
We are seeking your views on a proposal to designate Cathkin Park, Glasgow, as a scheduled monument. We have not yet reached a final decision. We have assessed the site using our published selection guidance following an external request to designate the site. We found that it comprises elements of a football ground, initially the home of Queens Park FC from 1883 and then the home of Third Lanark Athletic Club from 1903 until its abandonment in 1967. It survives... MoreClosed 19 June 2025 -
Designating Clock Tower, Wellpark Brewery, Glasgow
We are proposing to list the Clock Tower at the Wellpark Brewery in Glasgow which was built within the lager brewery of Tennent’s in the late 19th century. Beer has been brewed by the same family in the vicinity of Wellpark Brewery since the 16th century. The existing brewery site was greatly expanded and developed around the end of the 19th century as Tennent’s became the largest exporter of bottled lager in the world. The clock tower is a well-preserved example with... MoreClosed 4 June 2025 -
Designating HMP Barlinnie
We are proposing to designate the earliest phases of development of HMP Barlinnie, 81 Lee Avenue, Riddrie, Glasgow as a listed building at category A. HMP Barlinnie is a purpose-built prison complex designed in 1880 and opened in 1882 with subsequent phases of early development up to 1908. It is located within the residential area of Riddrie to the northeast of Glasgow City centre. The features of the prison proposed for listing are the earliest surviving structures... MoreClosed 31 May 2025 -
Have your say in the future of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site
The Heart of Neolithic Orkney (HONO) was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999. World Heritage Sites (WHS) are places that have been judged to have Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) – cultural and/or natural significance which is so exceptional as to transcend national boundaries and to be of common importance for present and future generations of all humanity. Once a World Heritage Site is inscribed it must be managed to ensure that the OUV is maintained and protected for... MoreClosed 13 May 2025 -
Designating Fairfield Annexe at the former Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Works, Govan, Glasgow
We are proposing to designate the Fairfield Annexe as a listed building at category C. The Annexe was built in 1956-57 as the Technical Offices of the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., who were once one of the largest and most significant shipbuilding firms in the world. Although the shipyard remains in use, the Annexe has been vacant since 2003. Fairfield Annexe was designed by the renowned Glasgow-based firm of Frank Burnet and Boston and was built in a... MoreClosed 21 April 2025
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