Gunnersbury Park 2026 Gunnersbury Park and Museum Project - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Gunnersbury Park 2026 Gunnersbury Park and Museum Project Introduction October 2012

Outline of presentation

• The Historic Background of Gunnersbury Park
• The challenge facing us today
• Our Master plan for the site
• Specific Focus (Phase 1)

– Heritage Grant – Parks for People

• Community Engagement

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

• Lot 1
• Stephen Cosser 1802
• Major Morrison -Retired1806-1828
• Thomas Farmer 1828- 1859
• JHAtkinson
• James Hudson Gardener 1876-1919
• Lot 2-13
• Alexander Copland 1802
• Nathan Rothschild 1835-1836
• Sydney Smirke Architect
• Hannah Rothschild 1836-1851
• Lionel Rothschild 1851-1879
• Leopold Rothschild 1879-1917

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

The Challenge

The Challenge

The Challenge

Size

72 Ha 180 acres

Significance

22 Listed buildings Grade 2*Registered park

Condition

11Listed Buildings and Park

• n English Heritage ‘At

Risk’ Register

• High level cost estimate of £48m to address all the issues

and challenges

• Holistic approach taken as advised by English Heritage
• 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 £17.25m

Development of the Master plan – Phase 2 £15.75m

Development of the Master plan – Phase 3 £14.75m

Phase 1- Funding Strategy Summary

HLF Applications

Source of Funding Heritage Grant (Museum) Parks for People (Landscape) HLF Grant Request £3,425,000 £4,311,000 Secured Capital funding from Hounslow and Ealing Councils £3,201,000 £1,054,857 Volunteer and Increased management and maintenance funding £547,303 £541,450 Unsecured funding from Other grants, trusts, S106 and other capital £2,195,300 £1,998,700 Total £9,368,603 £7,906,007

The Gunnersbury Park Museum is:

• the local history museum for Ealing and

Hounslow serving a population of some 500,000.

• one of the oldest London Borough

Museum services established in the 1920s

• one of the largest collections held by a

London local authority museum service.

• Located in Gunnersbury Park House (the

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

• 20 galleries, an increase from the present 5

allows wide range of functions, activities, exhibitions and display

• New public access to the upper floors and

to Victorian kitchens for all visitors

• Improved Learning Opportunities. Learning

groups, including schools will access new resource centre and new programmes

• Increased display 600 of the 40,000

artefacts are currently on display, the intention is to increase to 3,000. Heritage Grant – Benefits of a new Museum

• Redesign of museum in new galleries

allows imaginative new interpretation

• remedial conservation where required
• New storage areas. Providing suitable

environmental conditions for the care of the collection

• Accessible storage areas to allow visitor

access to much wider range of the collection Heritage Grant – Benefits to the Collections

• Repair to the building fabric including the

roof, external elevations and interiors

• Improved access two lifts and more rooms

being available to the public

• Conservation of the principal rooms
• Renewal of the building services to

improve the efficiency of the building

• Reconnecting with the surrounding

landscape Heritage Grant – Benefits to Gunnersbury Park House

Heritage Grant – Architects impression Flexible Spaces

Heritage Grant – Architects impression Learning Spaces

Heritage Grant – Architects impression Connecting Spaces

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
• 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 Engagement:– Public Benefit

• 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 Engagement: - Activities to date

• Extending schools programme out into the park
• Developing the offer for secondary schools and Colleges
• 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
• Developing the programme of volunteering across park and museum

Community Engagement :-Planned activities

Timetable

• June 2012 Parks for People Round 1 Approved
• July 2012 Heritage Grant Round 1 Approved

Round 2

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

If successful Delivery Stage

• Stage Summer 2014 to Summer 2017 (3 years)

Timetable

The End Questions and Comments