Heritage Enterprise board presentation - BRICKwork...Merkinch Welfare Hall, Inverness £706k Spanish...
Transcript of Heritage Enterprise board presentation - BRICKwork...Merkinch Welfare Hall, Inverness £706k Spanish...
Heritage Enterprise
Ian Morrison
Head of Historic Environment
Heritage Lottery Fund
“Historic buildings are the very places where
new ideas and new economic activity are most likely to happen”
• Substantial loss of public sector funding for heritage
• Full impact of cuts yet to be felt
• Heritage sector model needs to change
Heritage in a cold climate
Heritage
Enterprise
Community-led projects
saving ‘at-risk’ heritage
End-use must generate
viable commercial
income
Partnerships between
community groups and
commercial sector
Evidence of need / market appraisal
Globe Theatre, Stockton HLF grant £3.9m
Gap funding – “the last piece in the puzzle”
Globe Theatre, Stockton £3.9m
Old Black Lion, Northampton £1.6m
Harland and Wolff Hotel, Belfast £5m
Northern Counties, Derry £784k
Merkinch Welfare Hall, Inverness £706k
Spanish City, Whitley Bay £3.5m
The Old Baths, Ashton £1.6m
Davidson Cottage Hospital £1m
Harvey's Foundry, Hayle £4m
Rubber Company, Edinburgh £4.9m
Back Green Bunkhouse, Portsoy £878k
Ancoats Dispensary, Manchester £4.5m
Blatches Farm Bakery/café, Essex £626k
£33m success
stories
Viable end-use
Vacant, inaccessible, derelict -
‘eyesores’ stifling growth
Private-sector end user
Transformational – impact
beyond historic fabric
Well-loved landmark buildings