More Related Content
Similar to Rebecca Barrett English Heritage cemeteries presentation 17 June 2014
Similar to Rebecca Barrett English Heritage cemeteries presentation 17 June 2014 (19)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
Rebecca Barrett English Heritage cemeteries presentation 17 June 2014
- 1. Rebecca Barrett Principal Adviser, Heritage at Risk
- 2. PRESENTATION STRUCTURE • Who’s who… • Principles… – Understanding significance – Priorities for repair and restoration – Long-term maintenance and management
- 3. FACTS AND FIGURES • 6 Registered Parks and Gardens • Approx. 350 listed structures / monuments
- 4. WHO’S WHO… • Heritage at Risk Team – Principal – Conservation architects – Landscape architect – Project officers
- 5. WHO’S WHO… • Development Management Team – City and East London – Mike Dunn – Westminster and West London – Tim Jones
- 6. WHO’S WHO… • Legal Team • Structural Engineers • Designations
- 7. PRINCIPLES • Principles of assessment, conservation and management are set out in our two guidance documents
- 8. PRINCIPLES • Conservation Management Plan – Assessment – Action – short / medium / long term priorities – Monitoring
- 9. PRINCIPLES • Assessment – research, significance, issues and constraints – Documentary research – Architectural survey – Monument and sculpture survey / inventory – Landscape design survey – Ecological survey – Tree survey – Community consultation
- 10. PRINCIPLES • Template for recording condition • Concentrate on monuments of historic significance • Value of volunteers
- 11. PRINCIPLES • Action - short / medium / long term priorities Category Condition & risk status Action required Re-inspection required in 1 (very bad) Hazardous / unstable Intervention as soon as possible Once repaired after 5 years 2 (poor) On-going deterioration Intervention within 2-5 years Prior to intervention and then after 5 years 3 (fair) Some decay but generally stable Intervention may be required in 5 years After 5 years 4 (good) Stable No intervention required After 5 years
- 12. PRINCIPLES • Action - monument conservation – Emergency measures – Repair – Cleaning – Consolidation and surface treatment – Replacement of decayed or missing elements – Ongoing monitoring…
- 13. PRINCIPLES • Action - historic landscape restoration – Reinforcing key avenues / paths and vistas – Revealing and managing veteran trees – Carefully considering the design and siting of new planting / burials
- 14. PRINCIPLES • Action - managing wildlife – Habitats need to be managed to optimise the quality and diversity of wildlife and natural features
- 15. PRINCIPLES • Monitoring – Regular monitoring, including programme of condition surveys – Review Conservation Management Plan
- 16. KEY MESSAGES • Engage with EH (and others) at earliest opportunity • Decisions must be informed by thorough understanding of assets
Editor's Notes
- All of the magnificent seven are registered parks and gardens, with the exception of Tower Hamlets Cemetery. Kensal Green, Highgate and Brompton Cemeteries have the highest designation at Grade I. Kensal Green has a good proportion of the listed structures, with over 130, 34 of which are currently on the HAR Register Anglican Chapel – Kensal Green (Grade I listed) Nunhead Cemetery – Southwark (bottom right) Abney Park Cemetery – Hackney (top right)
- Stepney Green Conservation Area - High Street 2012 initiative “The Concrete House” on Lordship Lane – restored to provide five shared ownership flats in partnership with HOLT Operations Ltd, Hexagon Housing and the London Borough of Southwark The garden at Henry Tate Mews / St Michaels Convent – Grade II RPG
- Stepney Green Conservation Area - High Street 2012 initiative “The Concrete House” on Lordship Lane – restored to provide five shared ownership flats in partnership with HOLT Operations Ltd, Hexagon Housing and the London Borough of Southwark The garden at Henry Tate Mews / St Michaels Convent – Grade II RPG
- Stepney Green Conservation Area - High Street 2012 initiative “The Concrete House” on Lordship Lane – restored to provide five shared ownership flats in partnership with HOLT Operations Ltd, Hexagon Housing and the London Borough of Southwark The garden at Henry Tate Mews / St Michaels Convent – Grade II RPG
- Paradise Preserved – 2007, jointly prepared by EH and Natural England Caring for Historic Graveyard and Cemetery Monument - 2011
- CMP is a tool for assessing what matters and why, and working out what needs doing and how to go about it. Should inform all decision making and be regularly reviewed.
- Important to undertake a holistic assessment of the cemetery
- Page 23 Caring for Historic Graveyard and Cemetery Monuments (English Heritage 2011)
- Page 24 Caring for Historic Graveyard and Cemetery Monuments (English Heritage 2011) Priory for repair and time for re-inspection should be identified using this table This approach was taken at Kensal Green Cemetery: High level inventory of all listed monuments by the Friends Group Identification of monuments for inclusion on the HAR Register Detailed condition survey of monuments (David Odgers) included on the HAR Register, which prioritised the need for repair Programme of repair works currently underway, addressing the most vulnerable assets first