The search to find Scotland’s ‘heritage angels’ is gearing up, with the final shortlist for the Scottish Heritage Angel Awards 2017 now issued.
Historic Environment Scotland writes:
Comprising 12 nominees across four different categories, the shortlist showcases a range of diverse heritage projects across the country, from the full scale reconstruction of an Iron Age roundhouse in Dumfries and Galloway to the restoration of a medieval kirk at Kirkmichael on the Black Isle.
Other nominees include the Apprentice Guides at the National Mining Museum Scotland and Dominic Ferrie, a Glasgow pupil who has spent the last three years investigating the design and building of Kelvinside Academy.
Launched in 2014 with funding from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation (ALWF), and run by the Scottish Civic Trust in partnership with Historic Environment Scotland, Archaeology Scotland and the Scottish Government, the Scottish Heritage Angel Awards celebrates both groups and individuals who have gone above and beyond in their efforts to promote, protect and, in many cases, rescue Scotland’s heritage…
Category A: Best Rescue of a Historic Building
- Dr James Mackay, Chairman of the Kirkmichael Trust for the restoration of medieval Kirkmichael, once a medieval chapel, then a parish church and latterly a collection of local family mausolea. This community project has been ongoing for more than 20 years.
- North East Scotland Preservation Trust, for their project to restore the B listed buildings at Back Green, Portsoy and convert them in to the Sail Loft Bunkhouse, 25-bed guesthouse for visitors to the area.
- Pat Cassidy and the Fairfield volunteers, for their contribution to the restoration project of the shipbuilding offices of the former Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in Govan.
Category B: Best Contribution to a Heritage Project by a Young Person
- Dominic Ferrie, Kelvinside Academy pupil who has spent the last three years investigating the design and building of the school, even tracking down plans of the building believed to be lost and most likely unseen for over a century.
- Apprentice Guides at the National Mining Museum Scotland, comprising seven pupils from Gore Glen Primary School in Gorebridge who worked with museum staff to create their own tour for other schools.
- Libby Powers-Jones, volunteer with Kirkmichael Trust in the Black Isle involved in the archaeological work associated with the restoration of medieval Kirkmichael.
Category C: Best Craftsmanship or Apprentice on a Heritage Rescue or Repair Project
- Andrew Milton, apprentice, for his work on a series of projects at The Dumfries House Estate
- Leslie Merriman, Assistant Works Manager at Historic Environment Scotland, for his work with the Orkney Monument Conservation Unit. Leslie served his stonemasonry apprenticeship after joining HES and now mentors new apprentices.
- Pete Hill, for his work to deliver the ‘Design a Sign’ project with pupils from Loudon Secondary, part of the Galston Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme Education and Awareness programme. This project explored the history of shop sign design and its contribution to the urban townscape.
Category D: Best Rescue, Recording or Interpretation of a Historic Place
- Coldstream Heritage Ltd and its volunteers, for their contribution to the conservation of Lennel Church. These volunteers spent four years photographing and transcribing the headstones in the old church yard to start a public record which will be available on the Coldstream and District Local History Society website.
- Logie Old Graveyard Group, for their work to preserve the graveyard of the Old Kirk at Logie and record the gravestone information.
- The Whithorn Trust, for their project to build a full-scale reconstruction of an Iron Age roundhouse.
For full details of the shortlist, visit: www.scottishheritageangelawards.org.uk
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