Plans to save the only farm built by the poet Robert Burns are unveiled as the ‘FutureVision’, which seeks to safeguard the 170 acre Ellisland Farm, on the banks of the River Nith, where Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne, Tam o Shanter etc., reports the Dumfries and Galloway News.
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… plans are focussed on ‘Conservation through Use’…
Dumfries and Galloway News writes:
Artistic residencies in the farm buildings and off grid will allow a new generation of artists, musicians and song-writers to be inspired by the rural landscape that Burns described as “sweet poetic ground.”
The new accommodation is modelled on The Hermitage, a tiny bothy on the neighbouring Friars Carse estate where Burns would escape to write.
The plans are focussed on “Conservation through Use” meaning community, heritage and education events are subsidised by other activity….
The farmhouse, which he created in 1788 for his young wife Jean Armour, will become an immersive space where visitors can experience their domestic life. Workshops and performances will be held in his farm buildings which will be restored sensitively….
The £36k FutureVision was commissioned by the Robert Burns Ellisland Trust charity, who have worked with consultants Delfinity Ltd, OCA Architects, HarrisonStevens landscape architects, Lindsey Clark Heritage Consultants and Jenny Hunter, a specialist in community arts engagement and education.
It was financed by South of Scotland Enterprise, The Architectural Heritage Fund and The Holywood Trust, a Dumfries and Galloway charity which supports children and young people….
