Gunnersbury Park 1926 to 2026 Gunnersbury Park and Museum - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Gunnersbury Park 1926 to 2026 Gunnersbury Park and Museum Presentation to CARA 26 April 2012

Jonathan Kirby – Assistant Director, Major Projects and Development Richard Gill – Regeneration Manager, Hounslow Council

Outline of presentation

• The History of Gunnersbury Park
• The challenge facing us today
• Our Master plan for the site
• Specific Focus

– Heritage Grant – Parks for People

• Engagement and people benefits
• Summary and Questions

Historic Background – The Palladian Villa 1650-1800 Rocques Map of London 1747

• John Webb -Architect 1658
• Sir John Maynard -Politician 1658
• Henry Furnese MP 1739-1756
• William Kent -Architect 1740?
• Daniel Defoe -Writer1742
• Princess Amelia 1761-1786
• John Morley -Property Developer 1800

Historic Background – The Divided Estate 1800-1889

Historic Background – The Divided estate and purchasers

• Lot 1
• Stephen Cosser 1802
• Major Morrison -Retired1806-1828
• Thomas Farmer 1828- 1859
• JHAtkinson
• James Hudson Gardener 1876-1919
• Lot 2
• Alexander Copland 1802
• Nathan Rothschild 1835-1836
• Sydney Smirke Architect
• Hannah Rothschild 1836-1851
• Lionel Rothschild 1851-1879
• Leopold Rothschild 1879-1917

Historic Background – 1835 advert for sale of house and Park

Historic Background – 1836 Nathan Rothschild

• Sadly passed away
• House passed to

wife Hannah

• Smirke’s remodelling

continued

• Rothschild wish for

more Dominant role ion early Victorian society

Historic Background – 1857 Illustration from the London News

• Leonora married her French

cousin Alphonse de Rothschild

• Ceremony took place at

Gunnersbury Park House

• General Refurbishment of the

house took place at this time

• Architect T.N. Nelson
• Fox’s Court and Garden room

Historic Background – The Public Park 1902

Historic Background – The Public Park 1902

Historic Background – For sale for housing

Historic Background – The Public Park 1925-Present

• Neville Chamberlin 1926
• Tennis courts, toilets and playgrounds
• Gunnersbury Museum 1926
• Heavy Anti Aircraft Guns 1940-43
• The café 1958
• Ealing and Hounslow 1967

Historic Background – 1967 onwards

Historic Background – 1967 onwards

Historic Background – 1967 onwards

Historic Background – 1967 onwards

Background to the Project– Gunnersbury 2026

• Holistic approach taken as advised by English Heritage
• High level cost estimate of £48m to address all the issues

and challenges

• Phasing of the 15 year programme to maximise the
• pportunity of delivering a first phase
• A Strategy supported by both Councils for HLF funding with

Heritage Grant and Parks for People bids running in parallel

• Governance – clear structure, both councils working together

with English Heritage on the Project Board Development of the Masterplan – Gunnersbury 2026

Development of the Master plan – Phase 1 £17.75m

Development of the Master plan – Phase 2 £15m

Development of the Master plan – Phase 3 £14.5m

Heritage Grant Priorities

• Help people to learn about their own and other

people’s heritage

• Conserve the UK’s diverse heritage for the present

and future generations to experience and enjoy

• Help more people and a wider range of people , to

take an active part and make decisions about heritage

HLF – Heritage Grant Priorities

Parks for People Priorities Funding for the ‘Parks for People’ programme comes from the Heritage Lottery and The Big Lottery. The emphasis is on both heritage and the community benefits. There are 5 priorities:

• increase the range of park visitors and audiences
• conserve and improve the heritage value of the park
• increase the range of volunteers involved in the running of the park
• increase knowledge and skills for all those involved in the park
• improve management and maintenance of the park

HLF – Parks for People Priorities

Funding Strategy Summary – Heritage Grant and Parks for People

HLF Applications

Source of Funding Heritage Grant Parks for People Secured Capital Funding from Ealing & Hounslow Councils £3,351,000 £1,129,000 Unsecured funding from

• ther grants, trusts and

S106 £2,195,000 £2,318,700 Other e.g. Volunteer time and non cash contributions £7,200 £233,650 HLF Grant request £3,811,400 £4,633,187

Total £9,364,600 £8,314,537

Background

• The Gunnersbury Park Museum is the

local museum for Ealing and Hounslow

• The museum is one of the oldest London

Borough Museum services established in the 1920s and serving a population of some 500,000.

• The museum collection is also one of the

largest held by a London local authority museum service.

• Gunnersbury Park House (the Large

Mansion): a Grade II* listed Georgian mansion house that contains the museum Heritage Grant – A new Museum for Ealing and Hounslow

Benefits of the Museum Project

• 20 galleries, an increase from the present 5
• access to the upper floors of the Large

Mansion for all visitors for the first time

• access to the Victorian kitchens for all

visitors

• Learning groups, including schools will

have access to a new dedicated learning resource centre and new learning programmes

• 600 of the 40,000 artefacts are currently on

display, the intention is to increase this to at least 3,000. Heritage Grant – Proposals for a new Museum for Ealing and Hounslow

Benefits to the Collections

• enhanced and imaginative new

interpretation

• remedial conservation where required
• relocation from the current inadequate

storage which places them at risk

• new storage arrangements will provide

considerable access improvements Heritage Grant – Proposals for a new Museum for Ealing and Hounslow

Benefits to Gunnersbury Park House

• Improved access with the introduction of

two lifts and more rooms being available to the public

• Conservation of the principal rooms
• Repair to the building fabric including the

roof, external elevations and interiors

• Renewal of the building services to

improve the efficiency of the building

• Reconnecting with the surrounding

landscape Heritage Grant – Proposals for a new Museum for Ealing and Hounslow

Heritage Grant – Architects impression of new museum

Heritage Grant – Architects impression of new museum

Heritage Grant – Architects impression of new museum

Heritage Grant – Architects impression of new museum

Parks for People - Masterplan

Parks for People Sketch Masterplan

• Restore the heritage landscape ‘core area’ around the two mansions.
• Repair the Orangery for use for events or as a café
• Restore the west side of the horseshoe pond
• Repairs to historic park structures and follies
• Carry out tree management and planting to restore ‘designed’ views
• Relocate the pitch and putt golf course within the park

Parks for People - Heritage and Conservation

• Repair the boating lake and bring back boating
• Create a community garden in the walled garden area
• Run park based activities and courses with local people and

volunteers

• Run schools activities in the park to link with museum activities
• Employ dedicated project staff for park development, outreach

and education

• Create improved signage and interpretation throughout the park
• Make the park entrances more welcoming

Parks for People - People and Skills

• The Potomac Lake – new wildlife, ecology and community fishing
• The Japanese Gardens – future community led project
• Existing playgrounds – refurbishment as part of ongoing maintenance

programme

• Sports activities and facilities – separate community sports project
• Walled Garden – investigate options for better use and public access
• Infrastructure – improve parking, footpaths, furniture through S106
• Improved park maintenance and repairs – already covered by

existing contracts Parks for People – Other landscape projects outside of PfP

• Aim: to diversify audience by building opportunities for

learning and training into every aspect of the project by working in partnership with local community organisations and service providers

• HLF’s aims are: Conservation, Participation and Learning

Community Participation and Activities – Public Benefit

• Apprenticeships (Horticulture + Curatorial)
• Key partnership with Capel Manor to extend land

management training in park

• Developing links with universities and colleges e.g.

Archaeology, Heritage Management, Garden History, Film

• Developing the programme of volunteering across park and

museum

• Providing training and volunteering opportunities for ‘harder

to reach groups’ Training and Volunteering

• Extending current schools programme out into the park
• Developing the offer for secondary schools
• Taking the museum out to local communities through Pop Up

Museum and Mini Museums in a box

• Programme of projects with community partners e.g. community led

walks, podcasts, art installations, trails, oral histories

• Extending family learning programme
• Programme of events to attract diverse range of audiences

Learning

• Finding out what people want – focus groups, events, surveys
• Setting up Community Advisory Panel
• Meeting with potential partners
• Gathering information about park and museum users through

visitor counts and surveys

• Trialling activities

Community Participation and Activities – to date

Timetable going forward

• June 2012 Parks for People Round 1 - Decision
• July 2012 Heritage Grant Round 1 – Decision

If successful, begin Round 2

• Development Stage Summer 2012 - Spring 2014 (max 2 years)

If successful at Round 2

• Delivery Stage Stage Summer 2014 to Summer 2017 (3 years)

Timetable

The End Time for Questions and Comments