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Edinburgh Research Explorer Edinburgh Research Explorer An Audit of a UNESCO World Heritage site - the Royal Mile, Edinburgh: a preliminary search for authenticity One year later Citation for published version: Harwood, S & El-Manstrly, D 2012 'An Audit of a UNESCO World Heritage site - the Royal Mile, Edinburgh: a preliminary search for authenticity One year later' University of Edinburgh Business School Working Paper Series, vol. 12-03, University of Edinburgh Business School. Link: Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research Explorer Document Version: Preprint (usually an early version) Publisher Rights Statement: © Harwood, S., & El-Manstrly, D. (2012). An Audit of a UNESCO World Heritage site - the Royal Mile, Edinburgh: a preliminary search for authenticity One year later. (University of Edinburgh Business School Working Paper Series). University of Edinburgh Business School. General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy The University of Edinburgh has made every reasonable effort to ensure that Edinburgh Research Explorer content complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright please contact [email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 20. Feb. 2015 An Audit of a UNESCO World Heritage site - the Royal Mile, Edinburgh: a preliminary search for authenticity One year later Stephen A. Harwood, Dahlia El-Manstrly JULY 2012 UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL An Audit of a UNESCO World Heritage site - the Royal Mile, Edinburgh: a preliminary search for authenticity One year later Stephen A. Harwood, Dahlia El-Manstrly University of Edinburgh Business School, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK [email protected], [email protected] July 2012 Contents Contents .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 The Audit in 2012 .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Corrigenda to the first report ............................................................................................................................... 3 The ‘Toured Object’ revisited .............................................................................................................................. 4 Change: ‘new kids on the block’ or just a ‘change in image’? .......................................................................... 5 1 High Street ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 44 and 46 High Street .......................................................................................................................................... 6 64 High Street ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 83 High Street ...................................................................................................................................................... 8 97 High Street ...................................................................................................................................................... 8 144 High Street .................................................................................................................................................... 9 170 High Street .................................................................................................................................................... 9 192B High Street .............................................................................................................................................. 10 213 High Street .................................................................................................................................................. 10 67 Canongate ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 82 Canongate ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 97 Canongate ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 133-135 Canongate ............................................................................................................................................ 12 146 Canongate ................................................................................................................................................... 13 204 Canongate ................................................................................................................................................... 13 263 Canongate ................................................................................................................................................... 14 In search of a community .................................................................................................................................... 15 The stage ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 Behind the scenes .............................................................................................................................................. 18 Riddle’s Court................................................................................................................................................ 18 Lady Stair Court and Wardrop’s Court .......................................................................................................... 18 Behind south Canongate ................................................................................................................................ 19 Behind north Canongate ................................................................................................................................ 19 Bakehouse Close (former residential buildings – a part of a lost community, but still in use) ...................... 20 Reference .............................................................................................................................................................. 20 Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................................................. 20 APPENDIX 1 An audit of non-residential properties on the Royal Mile .................................................. 21 2 An Audit of a UNESCO World Heritage site - the Royal Mile, Edinburgh: a preliminary search for authenticity One year later Stephen A. Harwood, Dahlia El-Manstrly © 2012 The Audit in 2012 This report is the second publication of a series from an ongoing study into the concept of authenticity, which uses the Royal Mile as the case-study. Details about this study are presented in the first report “An Audit of a UNESCO World Heritage site - the Royal Mile, Edinburgh: a preliminary search for authenticity” (Harwood & El-Manstrly, 2012). As stated in the first publication, “the overall aim of the study is to attempt to understand the multi-faceted nature of authenticity and establish whether and how the concept of authenticity can be used by businesses and policy makers” (Harwood & El-Manstrly, 2012). The aim of this report is to provide an update of the 2011 Royal Mile audit, this being conducted on the first anniversary of the first audit which was conducted between 15th and 21st July 2011. This second audit was conducted between 15th and 21st July 2012. Like the previous report, it is predominantly a visual record of the street in the form of 56 photographs. However, unlike the previous report, it only focuses on two themes. The first concerns changes over the year in non-residential street-facing properties on the Royal Mile, focusing upon those that are readily apparent. This is supplemented with an update of the details about these properties, drawing upon the Scottish Assessors Association (SAA) Valuation Roll for 21st July. This allows for a comparison with the 2011 profile allowing changes in ownership and tenancy to be identified. This also allows for possible errors to be revealed in the earlier report as a result of delays in the updating of the SAA Valuation Roll. The second theme is that of the local community and where they live. Whilst the evidence of their habitation is found facing (the front) onto the Royal Mile in the form of front doors and the windows above the various non- residential properties, it is to the back that the living nature of the community is revealed through personalised balconies and other spaces. However, whereas the front draws attention from policy makers and other stakeholders, the back receives lesser treatment, but is of no lesser importance. It is a space where there is visible expression
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