What's Your Heritage?

WHAT’S YOUR HERITAGE? Past, Places and Traditions CONSULTATION REPORT June 2017 “HERITAGE TO ME IS EVERYTHING IN SCOTLAND’S HISTORY. IT’S NOT JUST BUILDINGS BUT EVERYTHING Contents THAT’S PASSED DOWN LIKE SONGS, STORIES, MYTHS.” – Perth workshop participant Introduction 4 A new conversation to shape future policy 7 Survey key findings 8 Workshop key findings 12 Communications coverage 16 Taking action 19 Detailed consultation feedback 21 ■ Survey results 22 ■ Workshop process, materials and themes 38 ■ Filmed contributions 60 ■ Thanks 62 Rock carving, Achnabreck, Front cover: Argyll and Bute John and Joseph Clancy of The Laurieston Bar, Glasgow 2 3 Introduction Historic Environment What’s Your Heritage? is the Scotland (HES) is the lead first part of this review. It is the public body for Scotland’s first ever informal exchange historic environment. Part of ideas we have had with of our role is to list buildings the people of Scotland about and designate other types designation and managing of historic sites and places. change to our heritage. We also regulate changes to We will use the feedback to some of these structures and directly drive policy change. provide advice to a range of stakeholders about managing The project ran from change. 23 November 2016 to 31 March 2017. We engaged Spreng We are reviewing our HES Thomson, an independent Policy Statement. It sets out communications consultancy, how we fulfil our regulatory to work with us on the project. and advisory roles, our The two main outputs of the designation criteria and project were: information about how we designate. ■ An online survey ■ Group workshops held across Scotland Objectives 1. ESTABLISH vital baseline evidence to inform changes to our policy 2. BUILD a picture of how the Scottish public view us 3. ENCOURAGE debate about, and interest in, what our heritage is and how it can be managed 4. SPEAK with a broad range of audiences and locations 5. RAISE awareness that we are a new organisation doing things differently View of the Forth Bridge from South Queensferry 4 5 A new conversation to shape future policy As a new organisation of Scotland’s places, buildings we wanted to open up an and monuments should be innovative dialogue with the designated, acknowledged people of Scotland about and celebrated. their heritage. What’s Your Heritage? was our first ever We also asked about how project of its type and it’s change to designated hugely important to us. I’d sites and places should be like to thank everyone who managed and what sort of took part and shared their development is appropriate views. for these special places. We think that people are You can see the results of increasingly interested in What’s Your Heritage? in this different aspects of our report. We were delighted history that our listing and with the enormous amount designation policies have of passion and interest in not traditionally recognised. our historic environment We wanted to know if we shown by all ages, places and were right about that and, backgrounds. It was fantastic if so, how we could take a to hear from the Scottish fresh look at our work. people in this way and to explore how we can do things We asked Scotland’s people differently in the future. when you think about where you live, what are the places We will analyse the results and buildings that are of this dialogue to write new important to you – the things heritage policies using the that make you feel proud and public’s views. The people of have special meaning for your Scotland have shaped how community? We asked which we will recognise and manage Scotland’s heritage in the future. Barbara Cummins, Director of Heritage, Historic Environment Scotland The McManus, Dundee © Andrew Lee 7 WHILE 78% BELIEVE Survey key findings THAT SOME CHANGE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HISTORIC SITES AND PLACES, 8% WOULD 70% PREFER THERE TO BE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE NO CHANGE AT ALL. PEOPLE SHARED THEIR A SAY IN HOW HES 6% WOULD LIKE A LOT OF VIEWS BETWEEN DECIDES WHAT BECOMES CHANGE TO BE ALLOWED 23 NOVEMBER AND LISTED OR DESIGNATED 1,952 31 MARCH 89% HISTORIC HES ASKED PEOPLE 320 WOULD LIKE A LOCALLY SCOTLAND TO RESPOND TO THE RESPONDENTS WERE Past, RUN DESIGNATION 12 MEMBERSHIPS PROMPT “MY HERITAGE AGED 30 OR UNDER, SYSTEM IN THEIR AREA WON IS…” THEY RESPONDED THE MAJORITY OF BY SAYING IT IS ABOUT Places & AND RESPONDENTS WERE THE PAST, PLACES AND 70% AGED 51-60 TRADITIONS Traditions SAID THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED 95% THE MOST FREQUENTLY PEOPLE RESPONDED OF PEOPLE THOUGHT MENTIONED SPECIAL FROM ALL 32 LOCAL THE FACT THAT GEORGE PLACES WERE ORWELL WROTE AUTHORITY AREAS “NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR” EDINBURGH 95% AT THIS HOUSE MEANT IT GLASGOW BELIEVE THAT SCOTLAND SHOULD BE RECOGNISED ORKNEY SHOULD LOOK AFTER ITS HERITAGE WITH 89% FOUND PLACES WANTING TO SEE OUR SPECIAL BECAUSE HERITAGE CELEBRATED THEY ARE “BEAUTIFUL” WHILE OTHERS HIGHLIGHTED CHANGES TO THIS REASONS SUCH AS HISTORIC HOUSE WERE 50% POPULAR SCORING 7.6 OUT OF 10 Image reproduced courtesy of Dom Shaw “ It’s what I think of when 83% WOULD LIKE TO SEE I picture home” IT RECOGNISED BY A PLAQUE, “It’s peaceful” 70% WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT RECORDED IN OUR DIGITAL ARCHIVE, “ It’s an amazing insight 50% WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PROPERTY LISTED into our past” © Murdo McDermid 8 /Groves-Raines Architects Ltd. 9 522 respondents wanted to say “EVERY SUMMER... more about their heritage. Here is a selection of their views... WE WOULD GO THERE AND “ It should be easier for people to SPEND DAYS PLAYING take practical steps to preserve “ Heritage has to have the heritage they find important to them.” a purpose, otherwise AND SWIMMING.” – Survey response “T here is more to Scotland’s it will simply die.” heritage than castles, museums and monuments. Let’s celebrate “Heritage should be dynamic and our industrial heritage and allow change. Those who built the preserve it for generations to original building did not expect it come.” to remain unchanged and neither “ It is better that a ruined castle is should we. At times the effort to restored and lived in and cared keep things unchanged seems out for than left to decay further. of proportion with the need to use If done sensitively, modern a building to its best potential.” renovations and extensions are essential to the lifespan of historically important buildings.” “ Importance to local “I believe that adding a modern communities can look to a historic building is a terrible and hideous thing to do.” often be overlooked.” “Heritage should be allowed to be re-purposed where appropriate, “ It should be preserved keeping the building alive and as near to previous continuing to exist for the future. as possible.” In a useful way.” “ I feel we need to preserve old “ We need to find more castles for future generations as a monument to those who lived effective ways of in them and not develop them as a habitable home.” encouraging people - of “It is not just the distant past that needs protected and celebrated. all ages - to understand, Some more recent buildings are also part of our heritage. They recognise and appreciate may not be to everyone’s taste… but they are part of our heritage their own environment.” none the less.” “Mor e opportunities for people to become involved in decision-making.” Exploring the rockpools by Dunure Castle, South Ayrshire © Paul Tomkins/Scottish Viewpoint 10 11 The workshops were open to everyone. 200 people took part at 12 locations across Scotland: Workshop key findings Giffnock, Dundee, Fort William, Glasgow, Hawick, Lockerbie, We asked participants to share their views on the Selkirk, Perth, Stirling, Falkirk, following topics: your heritage, recognising and Orkney and the Isle of Lewis. celebrating heritage and managing change to the historic environment. Your heritage Recognising and ■ participants showed a celebrating heritage huge amount of passion, ■ widespread support for knowledge of, and care for “ I have no idea how recognising buildings their local areas things are funded.” and places Stirling participant ■ experiences connected ■ there is a lack of with buildings and places “ Listing is like the benefits understanding about listing are what really matter system. If you don’t know and designation how to work it, you don’t get the benefit. The forms are ■ lack of clarity about the “ We’re really proud of my confusing and I don’t know wider planning system and school’s long history. I saw who to speak to.” who does what an old picture showing a Hawick participant pony and trap outside it.” ■ enthusiasm for being Stirling participant involved in designation “ If you don’t know where you at a local level come from, you don’t know “ There are sights, smells and where you’re going.” sounds you don’t experience ■ local knowledge is key Fort William participant anymore. The 1pm bell used and should be used to to go off at factories. The enrich decision-making “ The oral history of people’s opening of factory gates saw memories is at risk of being hundreds of people throng the ■ HES is viewed as acting lost. It’s important to record streets. Phones and typewriters ‘nationally’ and not people telling their stories.” and police cars all sounded always on what matters Dundee participant different. The noise of trams at a local level tooting, the conductor’s bell “ Use digital time capsules to on the No 73 bus in Dundee. ■ protecting, recording capture local history in films The smell of jute in Dundee, and promoting intangible and photographs.” linoleum in Kirkcaldy.

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