In light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, it is important to understand the impacts of this fast-changing situation on the historic environment sector across Scotland.
As the lead public body for the sector, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is conducting this survey of businesses and organisations.
We appreciate the time you are taking to share your experience as an organisation or business. The survey should take you less than 15 minutes to complete. Please provide us...More
On 26 June 2020, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Glasgow’s Kingston Bridge.
We have launched this public consultation to gather views on listing this iconic structure at Category B, in recognition of its special historic and architectural interest. Find out more about listed buildings.
Members of the public are encouraged to send in their views and comments.
Email your comments about this case .
Find out what comments we consider and what happens next...More
The former Langside Synagogue in Glasgow is one of a small number of purpose-built synagogues to survive in Scotland and is among a small number built overall. The synagogue closed in 2014.
The former Langside Synagogue is of significant social historical interest for what it can tell us about the Jewish Community in Glasgow in the early 20th century.
We have launched this public consultation to gather views on listing this notable building at Category C, in recognition of its...More
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is working closely with the historic environment sector to better understand the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and develop a long term vision.
We are compiling data on how all parts of the historic environment sector in Scotland have been affected.
Now we have moved into phase three of the Scottish Government’s route map out of current lockdown , we are looking to hear from businesses, organisations and community groups again. ...More
Like many organisations, we’ve been offering free livestream events since the pandemic began.
Our initial programme of events are now coming to a close and w e’d like to understand how you’ve been engaging with these events
Your feedback will be used to inform how we continue or adapt our programme to suit you. We thank you for taking the time to complete this short survey, which takes between 5-10 minutes to complete.
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Your views will help shape our Equality Outcomes for 2021-25. These will replace our 2017-21 Equality Outcomes.
Completing this consultation survey will take you at least 25 minutes. Thank you for taking this time to share your views with us.
We have developed our activity with equality and diversity in mind. This has influenced Heritage for All , our current Corporate Plan, with its focus on ‘making a real difference to people’s lives’. Our...More
In response to the issues and challenges facing the sector, and to support COVID-19 recovery activity, Make Your Mark is proposing a Community Heritage Volunteer Recruitment Campaign and we would like your views on it.
We appreciate the time you're taking to share your experience as a volunteer-involving heritage organisation.
This survey has 12 questions and may take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. All responses are anonymous, and we are not collecting any personal data....More
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is looking for your views on Talking About Heritage.
Talking About Heritage is guidance we are producing to help you to investigate, to share and celebrate, and to achieve recognition for the heritage that matters to you .
It is intended to be used as a tool by anyone with an interest in exploring and talking about the heritage that is important to them. You might use it if you are creating a Local Place Plan or researching places that...More
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is looking for your views on a new Managing Change Guidance Note: Working on and near to scheduled monuments.
You can find the draft guidance note below or download a copy [PDF, 236KB).
This new document is part of an ongoing review of historic environment policy guidance, following on from the launch of the Historic Environment Policy for Scotland (HEPS) in May 2019.
Download the consultation questions in advance [print version,...More
Are you aware of modern gardens and designed landscapes in Scotland? We'd like to hear about them and your views on this important aspect of our heritage.
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) aims to champion Scotland’s modern garden and designed landscape heritage through recording sites, improving online records and considering the most important sites for designation.
Your nominations will help shape our latest heritage project.
This survey has 6...More
Background
More than five years on from the last refresh of our grant programmes, we are reviewing and updating our approach.
We would like your feedback to ensure that our grant programmes meet the needs of applicants and align with current policy and priorities regarding the historic environment and the wider outcomes it can deliver for society, the economy and the environment.
We have developed a draft HES Grants Framework which sets out this new approach and...More
Two years on from the introduction of the Historic Environment Policy for Scotland (HEPS), we are seeking your views on how the policy is performing.
This survey is for everyone. Whether you have never heard of HEPS before, use it everyday, or are somewhere in between, your feedback is really valuable to us. It will help us to monitor the performance of HEPS and identify opportunities to provide additional support where needed.
The survey will take approximately 10 minutes...More
We are proposing to list the Alford Heritage Museum – a rare example of a largely complete, early 20 th century former livestock auction mart.
We have launched this public consultation to gather views on listing this historic building at Category A in recognition of its special architectural and historic interest. Find out more about listed buildings .
Image courtesy of Alford Heritage Museum
Members of the public are encouraged to send...More
Over the past year, we’ve trialled different hours of vehicle access for the road networks in Holyrood Park to help facilitate social distancing and support for wellbeing.
To help understand the balance of needs for all park users, we've opened a survey to gather people's feedback on the road networks.
We'd be very grateful for you to spend 5 - 15 minutes responding to this survey and sharing it with your friends, family and colleagues who use Holyrood Park.
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Local people are being asked for their feedback on options for the future management of the world-renowned Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site (WHS).
Feedback will be used to develop a final ‘Outline Business Case’ for ‘Islands Deal’ funding announced earlier this year by the UK and Scottish Governments for the Orkney World Heritage Site Gateway Programme - or “the Orkney Gateway”.
This Programme, which is aimed at providing a better and more sustainable...More
This survey is to help us understand how the heritage sector is doing 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic.
As pandemic measures continue to ease, we would like to know more about the priorities that heritage organisations have, how secure organisations feel and understand what has changed between this survey and the two previous ones in 2020.
The survey has around 20 questions and should take around 20 minutes to complete.
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We are reviewing the inventory battlefield designation for the Battle of Pinkie (September 1547). We would welcome comments from the public on our revisions to the inventory battlefield record.
The Battle of Pinkie was fought across the area of coastal plain now mainly agricultural land and the settlements of Musselburgh, Wallyford, Carberry and Whitecraig in East Lothian. Pinkie is believed to be the largest single battle ever fought in Scotland in terms of the numbers of...More
We are proposing to designate Dundee Repertory Theatre (Dundee Rep) as a listed building – an award-winning and architecturally distinctive example of modern theatre design in Scotland.
We have launched this public consultation to gather views on our proposal to list this important building. We are confident that it is of s pecial architectural and historic interest and our initial view is that category A is appropriate. Find out more about listed...More
We are proposing to list the former St Rollox Locomotive Works – a rare surviving example of a major 19th and 20th century centre for locomotive manufacture and repair. It is now the only building of this type to survive in Springburn, Glasgow - formerly one of the world's main centres of locomotive construction.
We have launched this public consultation to gather views on listing this historic building in recognition of its special architectural and historic interest. ...More
We are proposing to list Duntocher Trinity Parish Church, Clydebank – the first ‘blitzed’ church to be rebuilt in Scotland after the Second World War. The original Duntocher Parish Church (later known as Duntocher Trinity Parish Church) opened in 1836 and was destroyed in March 1941 during the Clydebank Blitz.
Duntocher Trinity Parish Church is a relatively early example of a post-war church for the established church in Scotland. It was designed by William Reid in...More
St Columba Gaelic Church in Glasgow is currently a category B listed building .
We are proposing to:
Change the category of listing from B to A to recognise its outstanding architectural and historic interest as an ornate and prominent church built specifically for the Gaelic-speaking community.
Add a Gaelic translation to its listing address.
We have launched this public consultation to...More
Tar-shealladh
Tha Eaglais Ghàidhlig Chaluim Cille an-dràsta air a clàradh aig Ìre B airson togalaichean clàraichte .
Tha sinn an dùil:
an ìre atharrachadh gu Ìre A airson aithneachadh a thoirt don ailtireachd agus an ùidh eachdraidheil air leth aice mar eaglais sgeadaichte agus follaiseach a chaidh a thogail a dh’aon ghnothach dhan choimhearsnachd Ghàidhlig.
eadar-theangachadh Gàidhlig a chur ris...More
We are proposing to list Boghall Parish Church, near Bathgate – an innovative and striking Modernist church with an unusual saddle-shaped roof. It was built 1963-65 to serve the new local authority housing development of Boghall, near Bathgate.
Boghall Parish Church is a notable example of a post-war church that used modern materials, technology and experimental plans to create bold new forms that redefined church design for the established church.
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We are proposing to list the Library and Arbuthnot Museum at the corner of St Peter Street and Queen Street in Peterhead. The library was built between 1891 and 1893 and is one of the earliest Carnegie public libraries built in Scotland. It was designed with a library on the ground floor and a purpose-built exhibition and art gallery space above to permanently house the museum collection of local merchant, Adam Arbuthnot.
The building is constructed in pink Peterhead granite and...More
This is a preliminary consultation which is open for comment until 12 June 2022 and will inform our assessment for listing.
We have been asked to consider designating the 1960s Cumbernauld Town Centre as a listed building .
Built 1963-72, the building in the town centre was designed as a ‘megastructure’ – a single structure with a range of different uses – and included shops, offices, civic buildings, a bus station, hotel and apartments. At the time of its...More
We are proposing to list the Palacerigg Visitor Centre at the Palacerigg Country Park, Cumbernauld, which contains a mural in the foyer by Alasdair Gray (1934–2019). Alasdair Gray painted the mural in 1974 having been commissioned by naturalist and Director of the Country Park, David Stephen. The theme of the mural is natural and human ecology, and it shows Scottish wildlife in an idealised countryside scene. Gray lived on site at Palacerigg Country Park while painting the mural...More
We are proposing to list the former Chivas Brothers Headquarters Building in Paisley – a very rare and unusual example of a modern building that was designed to look like a traditional Scottish country house. Built in 1962-64 to the designs of Lothian, Barclay, Jarvis, it formed the main frontage of a large bottling plant and warehouse site for the Scottish whisky magnate.
The former headquarters building has remained largely unchanged but much of the wider site...More
We are proposing to list the harbour in Brora at Category C.
The harbour was built in 1813-14 to import and export raw materials and finished products relating to the local coal mining, salt-panning, fishing and brickwork industries. It is a good representative example of a compact, tidal harbour that has been minimally altered and which contains much of its early 19th century fabric.
We have launched this public consultation to gather views on listing this historic building in...More
You are being invited to take part in a research study which aims to understand and improve the use of MyCanmore. Before you decide to take part, it is important that you understand why this research is being carried out and what the research involves. Please take some time to read the following information carefully and to decide whether you wish to participate in the study. If there is anything that is not clear or if you would like more information please feel free to contact us....More