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