Last chance to make King’s College the most Treasured Place in Scotland

Last chance to make King’s College the most Treasured Place in Scotland

People in the North-east have until next Monday 10 December to cast their votes to ensure that the drawing by Sir Basil Spence of the King’s College Crown Tower of the University of Aberdeen is officially designated the most treasured view in Scotland.

Voting on the ten finalists in the competition being run by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland has been ongoing since the end of October and will close at noon next Monday, with the winner announced on Wednesday 12 December.

The winning image will be celebrated in a poem to be written by the Edinburgh 'makar' Valerie Gillies, and all ten finalists will feature in a major centenary exhibition to be held in the City Art Centre, Edinburgh, at the end of 2008, and in a touring exhibition around Scotland.

The drawing of the Crown Tower was done in 1929 while the architect was still a student, and now forms part of the archive collection of the RCAHMS.  

Treasured Places was launched this autumn by RCAHMS to help celebrate its centenary in 2008, and is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Scottish Government. The competition requires the public to vote for their favourite image of a treasured place from an original longlist of one hundred chosen from the RCAHMS' national collection.  The images represent places and spaces that are 'treasured' for many reasons, both on a personal and national level. 

Votes can be cast online at  www.treasuredplaces.org.uk

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