Jo Hibbard, Heritage Officer & Dr Maria Yioutani-Iacovides, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Jo Hibbard, Heritage Officer & Dr Maria Yioutani-Iacovides, Conservation Officer

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Our different roles

Heritage Officer’s role

The Heritage Officer and the Methodist Heritage Committee support the preservation of the heritage of the Methodist Church and its use for mission (including historic sites, artefact collections and archives).

Conservation Officer’s role

The Conservation Officer services the operation

• f the Ecclesiastical Exemption , supported by

the Methodist Church’s Listed Buildings Advisory Committee.

Sidwell street

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Property stock

Over 5000 chapels Around 10% listed Over 100 places

recognised as being

Wesley’s Chapel, City Rd, London New Room, Bristol

recognised as being

• f historic

importance including Grade I ‘Chapels’ and houses, cottages, monuments and plaques.

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Key heritage site development plans to 2016

Epworth Old Rectory; GI- Queen Anne House, refurbishment to

c1716 and improvements to visitor facilities: phased, c£2m

New Room, Bristol; GI- Chapel, 3-storey extension to increase

museum by 40%, c£2.5m

Wesley’s House & Museum, London; GI- townhouse and crypt

museum refit - first in over 25 years, c£1m

Wesley’s House & Museum, London; GI- townhouse and crypt

museum refit - first in over 25 years, c£1m

Englesea Brook Chapel & Museum, Crewe; GII- Chapel, already

purchased cottage next-door and now museum refit – total c£500k

Heritage as a factor in mission planning of other major

redevelopments of historic chapels: e.g., Bolton Methodist Mission, Fletcher Memorial Church Madeley (Telford)

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Categories of Projects-Ecclesiastical Exemption

Internal & External alterations

extensions or general

refurbishment

reordering / removal of pews disability access / provision acoustic panels/ audio visual

installation General principles

Flexibility retaining the sense of

space, proportions, historic fabric.

Accessibility with minimum

impact on the character of the LB.

Photographic record for lost

installation

gallery rail new heating new windows/sec glazing altered/replacement doors protection from birds

West Bridgford : New re-ordered worship area

Photographic record for lost

fabric.

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Projects-completed

Castle Street, Cambridge: refurbishment-extension Trinity, Gosforth: New worship area-refurbishment

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St Andrew, Psalter Lane : Truro: new worship area & foyer New worship area and foyer

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Challenging new schemes/proposals;

• Refurbishment of Listed Chapels & unlisted Chapels in Conservation Areas;
• Internally: removal of pews

flexibility, accessibility (i.e. Victoria, Bristol)

• Externally: extensions

mission of the church (i.e. New Rooms, Bristol)

• Reconstruction

Proposals for demolition

• f unlisted Chapels in Conservation Areas (i.e Driffield)
• f unlisted Chapels in Conservation Areas (i.e Driffield)

Internal reconstruction & refurbishment

• f exhibition areas (i.e. Wesley’s Chapel, City Rd, London).

Driffield

• Closure of Chapels-sale of Chapels
• Rural areas, with no congregations.
• Expensive to maintain.
• Sale of land/or other buildings in the curtilage to fund projects.
• Difficulty in adapting new uses for Chapels.
• Structural condition extensively damaged, expensive to repair: demolition?

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Financial and other support

Funding sources; Local fund raising External sources (local/national/international) Methodist Church Feasibility studies- Feasibility studies-

potentials/guidance/considerations prior to a scheme;

Legislation Contemporary lifestyle, and needs Profitability Lifespan

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Priorities for the next 3-4 years

Sustainability in projects

involvement of local communities, consider profitability, encourage individual strategies in future schemes,

set up a formula (guidance), how to achieve a successful project- for new

set up a formula (guidance), how to achieve a successful project- for new

schemes (i.e. extend of the project & future needs, the extend of the intervention & loss of

authenticity, enhancement of significance, etc).

• Prevent further loss of the Heritage building stock (Listed Chapels).
• Identify potentials in projects , for their development in regional or national level,

and beyond (i.e. tourism).

• Collaboration and exchange of ideas among Managing Trustees of Chapels, with

similar projects/ identical problems (i.e. annual national conferences).

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