{"id":33771,"date":"2022-07-08T17:43:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T16:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33771"},"modified":"2022-07-08T17:43:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T16:43:02","slug":"ihbc-marsh-awards-for-2022-and-ihbc25-announced-retired-to-john-duncan-sc-learning-shared-by-leask-mackie-jessica-burrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33771","title":{"rendered":"IHBC Marsh Awards for 2022 (and #IHBC25) announced: \u2018Retired\u2019 to John Duncan (SC); \u2018Learning\u2019 shared by Leask Mackie &#038; Jessica Burrows"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32224\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IHBC-Marsh-Award-joint-300x105.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" \/>Judges in the seventh year of the IHBC Marsh Charitable Trust Awards are delighted to announce the results of the 2022 Awards:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The winner of the \u2018Community Contributions by a Retired Member of the IHBC Award\u2019 is John Duncan (Scotland Branch), who will receive \u00a3500, the Award certificate and a free place at our next (blended) Annual School in Swansea in June 2023<\/li>\n<li>Sharing the \u2018Successful Learning in Heritage Skills Award\u2019 for 2022 are Leask Mackie and Jessica Burrows, each receiving \u00a3250 and a certificate and a free place at our next (blended) Annual School in Swansea in June 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The IHBC writes:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-33772\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MarshAwards_2022_John_Duncan_retired-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>The judges were impressed with John Duncan\u2019s exemplary work while in retirement, representing a wide variety of contributions, at different levels, and all with great effort.\u00a0 Some of his contributions included as Trustee at the Highland Historic Buildings Trust (HHBT), Trustee at the Inverness City Heritage Trust (ICHT), member of the Inverness Architectural Association (IAA), and helping deliver conservation masterclasses at Inverness College (UHI).<\/p>\n<p>John said \u2018I am very honoured to have been recognised by IHBC and the Marsh Charitable Trust.\u2019<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 my interest and passion in the conservation of the built heritage has grown in the last forty or so years\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>\u2018Although I graduated in architecture, urban design and town planning respectively, my interest and passion in the conservation of the built heritage has grown in the last forty or so years, firstly when I was appointed as conservation architect for the then Highland Regional Council (now Highland Council) in 1981. In 1983, I joined the then Association of Conservation Officers (ACO) and have remained a member of IHBC ever since. With the exception of a couple of issues, Context remains in my \u2018library\u2019!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018By way of ACO and IHBC, I was able to meet others who shared my interest and passion for the built heritage and to learn from them and from the annual conferences and various events organised within Scotland over the years. Since retiring, although maintaining an interest in IHBC through membership and continuing to receive Context, I have admittedly not attended national events. I have however assisted in organising local events by way of my membership of the Highlands and Islands Traditional Building Forum.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Although I formally retired almost fourteen years ago, as a founding trustee in 1985 and latterly chair of the Highland Historic Buildings Trust , I have maintained my interest, admittedly finding it somewhat more challenging than full time employment as a conservation architect, particularly in sourcing funding for the fewer projects undertaken by the Trust these days.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-33773\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Bothy_John_Duncan_Marsh_Retired_2022-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\u2018On a personal front, I own a listed bothy\u00a0 which I am in the process of restoring and converting into a holiday let. Due to its limited scale, a separate service building comprising a shower, toilet and store is required and is currently under construction. I could say I am now practising what I \u2018preached\u2019 during my twenty seven years with the Highland Council!\u2019<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-33774\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/MarshAwards2022_learning_Leask-Mackie-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/>Leask Mackie impressed the judges with his motivation and conscientiousness to learn the skills and competencies required through a variety of hands-on courses and training, exemplifying how to get it right in maintaining and repairing the range of listed buildings on his family\u2019s farm.\u00a0 He attended the lead welding and bossing course arranged as part of the Inverkeithing Heritage Regeneration programme, as well as lime pointing, The Surface Repair of Stone, and Traditional Masonry Repair courses at the Scottish Lime Centre Trust (SLCT).\u00a0 He has also taken courses in slate roofing, retrofit, lime plastering, structural repair of historic buildings, sash and case window repair, gas, and tiling and plastering.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 I take the guardianship of the listed buildings in my care very seriously\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Leask said \u2018I was delighted to be nominated by Fife Historic Buildings Trust for this award, and to be able to attend a lead skills course in Scotland last year, thanks to the Inverkeithing Heritage Regeneration project.\u00a0 I take the guardianship of the listed buildings in my care very seriously, and it\u2019s amazing that the work I put into looking after them is being recognised by the Marsh award. Thank you.\u2019<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Jessica Burrows impressed the judges with her use of emerging technologies applied in a novel way to the understanding of heritage-led regeneration efforts which appears to be a harbinger of things to come and demonstrates new digital skills utilised to enhance the historic built environment as well as local communities.\u00a0 At Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS), she used newly acquired technical skills in QGIS to intersect data overlaying the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) with Scotland\u2019s Conservation Area boundaries, creating a new dataset enabling critical appraisal of recent heritage-led regeneration efforts in Scotland\u2019s towns.<\/p>\n<p>Jess said \u2018I\u2019m honoured by this joint award from the IHBC and the Marsh Charitable Trust. I\u2019m delighted to be working in heritage-led regeneration since completing my studies, and I look forward to continuing to learn and develop my skills to benefit local communities and our built environment.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It is hoped an in-person Awards Ceremony can be arranged later in 2022 or early 2023, with all winners able to receive recognition for their outstanding contributions.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the IHBC Marsh Awards for Community Contribution (Retired Member) and Successful Learning in Heritage Skills see <a href=\"https:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/marshawards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<h6><em>images: provided by John Duncan and Leask Mackie<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judges in the seventh year of the IHBC Marsh Charitable Trust Awards are delighted to announce the results of the 2022 Awards: The winner of the \u2018Community Contributions by a Retired Member of the IHBC Award\u2019 is John Duncan (Scotland &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33771\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33775,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33771\/revisions\/33775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}