Multi-million pound plans to transform Ellisland Farm went on show to the public yesterday.
It was a chance for people to see the first stage of the “FutureVision” which has been six months in the making and drawn up by some of Scotland’s leading architects, heritage, arts and environmental experts at a cost of £36,000.
The proposals are to create income-generating artistic residencies in the existing farm buildings, and off grid, which will allow a new generation of artists, musicians and songwriters to be inspired by the rural landscape. The new accommodation would be modelled on The Hermitage – a tiny bothy on the neighbouring Friars Carse estate where Burns would escape to write.
