1. CONSERVATION OF LENNEL KIRK

2. Beautiful Blue Bells Springtime Springtime

4. WHY CONSERVE 1 ? WHY CONSERVE 1 ? Medieval kirk Medieval kirk Reverse Neglect Reverse Neglect Potentially dangerous Potentially dangerous Annoying to locals & visitors Annoying to locals & visitors Respect for people buried in vicinity; some famous Respect for people buried in vicinity; some famous Funding and skills likely to be available Funding and skills likely to be available Reverse 100 years of ‘grey’ ownership Reverse 100 years of ‘grey’ ownership

5. West Gable Wall - Interior

6. WHY CONSERVE 2 ? Another 100 years, nothing there Another 100 years, nothing there Complement work of History Society in transcribing headstones into website Complement work of History Society in transcribing headstones into website Stories to tell on archaeology Stories to tell on archaeology Stories to tell on ‘Body Snatching’, Mort House & Mort Safes Stories to tell on ‘Body Snatching’, Mort House & Mort Safes May spur on SBC to keep kirkyard tidier May spur on SBC to keep kirkyard tidier Possibility of Anglo Saxon remains Possibility of Anglo Saxon remains

7. WHY CONSERVE 3 – FAMOUS PEOPLE Patrick Brydone Patrick Brydone Thomas Smith Goldie Thomas Smith Goldie Reverend Adam Thomson Reverend Adam Thomson Crimean War Hero – Purves Crimean War Hero – Purves Military Cross Hero Military Cross Hero Prime Minister Prime Minister Etc……so much to interpret & tell. Etc……so much to interpret & tell.

8. Coldstream Legend Reverend Adam Thomson, Bible Industry Reverend Adam Thomson, Bible Industry

9. The Body Snatchers Moonlit Nights Mortsafes Moonlit Nights Mortsafes

10. ANOTHER EXAMPLE – WESTOWN CHURCH - BEFORE

11. WESTOWN - AFTER

12. LENNEL - BEFORE

14. Before South View of Gable Wall South View of Gable Wall

15. BEFORE ETC

16. INTERVENTION/CONSULTATION Coldstream Community Trust Coldstream Community Trust Coldstream & District Local History Society Coldstream & District Local History Society Permission of SBC to access site Permission of SBC to access site Community Council Community Council Historic Scotland Historic Scotland Registers of Scotland – greyness of ownership Registers of Scotland – greyness of ownership Church of Scotland Church of Scotland

17. INTERVENTION/CONSULTATION 2 Lennel Estates re ownership Lennel Estates re ownership Local Solicitor opinion Local Solicitor opinion Heritage Lottery Fund Heritage Lottery Fund Potential for serious frustration Potential for serious frustration Became clear that we have to overcome hurdles Became clear that we have to overcome hurdles Stay cool Stay cool

18. FIRST - AID £9,000 Historic Scotland (HS) funding £9,000 Historic Scotland (HS) funding HS indicated, may wish to promote kirk from Listed B to Scheduled & Ancient Monument HS indicated, may wish to promote kirk from Listed B to Scheduled & Ancient Monument Robin Kent, Conservation Architect Robin Kent, Conservation Architect 2 Bat Surveys, other ecology consultations 2 Bat Surveys, other ecology consultations Ivy ‘sail’ removed Ivy ‘sail’ removed Ivy given ‘red card’. Ivy given ‘red card’.

19. RESULTS OF FIRST - AID

20. FIRST-AID 2

21. First - Aid Inside view of Morthouse Inside view of Morthouse

22. ROBIN KENT ADVICE Feasibility Study Feasibility Study Addendum Report after First-Aid Addendum Report after First-Aid Pragmatic Advice Pragmatic Advice Shortly Robin will outline the basic vulnerabilities of the site Shortly Robin will outline the basic vulnerabilities of the site Historic Scotland & HLF have been speaking to each other Historic Scotland & HLF have been speaking to each other

23. HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND £10k start-up grant £10k start-up grant Raise awareness Raise awareness Build volunteering base Build volunteering base Get community ‘onside’ Get community ‘onside’ Consult history community Consult history community Learn from other projects Learn from other projects Consolidate ownership for future Consolidate ownership for future

25. Crimean War Hero James Charles Purves of Lennel Hill James Charles Purves of Lennel Hill

26. CURRENT OWNERSHIP UGH!!! UGH!!! SBC? SBC? Last-known heritor? Last-known heritor? Church? Church? Difficult to prove Difficult to prove Let’s not look back…..or we will fail Let’s not look back…..or we will fail There is never not a solution There is never not a solution

27. FUTURE OWNERSHIP CERTAINTY Important to obtain large grants Important to obtain large grants Community Trust ‘banker’ for early grants Community Trust ‘banker’ for early grants History Society unable to take ownership History Society unable to take ownership Another Trust? Another Trust? Or Community Interest Company – CIC Or Community Interest Company – CIC ‘Lennel Kirk Conservation’ ‘Lennel Kirk Conservation’ Can set up CIC very easily. Can set up CIC very easily.

28. CONCLUSION Good to have a public meeting Good to have a public meeting Thanks for coming Thanks for coming Questions….can you please wait until Robin Kent has outlined what’s basically wrong with the kirk at present Questions….can you please wait until Robin Kent has outlined what’s basically wrong with the kirk at present