Farm where Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne ‘to be restored if £12m can be raised’

A key aspect of the project is the creation of visitor accommodation based on The Hermitage, a tiny summerhouse in the neighbouring Friars Carse estate where Burns would write in peace among nature, and the project will create “hermitages”, scattered across the 140-acre estate, where artists and writers can work, but which will also provide income.