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

Jo Hibbard, Heritage Officer & Dr Maria Yioutani-Iacovides, Conservation Officer 1

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 of the Ecclesiastical Exemption , supported by the Methodist Church’s Listed Buildings Advisory Committee. Sidwell street 2

Property stock � Over 5000 chapels � Around 10% listed � Over 100 places recognised as being recognised as being of historic Wesley’s Chapel, City Rd, London importance including Grade I ‘Chapels’ and houses, cottages, monuments and plaques. 3 New Room, Bristol

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 � Wesley’s House & Museum, London; GI- townhouse and crypt museum refit - first in over 25 years, c£1m 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) 4

Categories of Projects-Ecclesiastical Exemption Internal & External alterations General principles � extensions or general � Flexibility retaining the sense of refurbishment space, proportions, historic fabric. � reordering / removal of pews � Accessibility with minimum � disability access / provision impact on the character of the � acoustic panels/ audio visual LB. installation installation � Photographic record for lost � Photographic record for lost � gallery rail fabric. � new heating � new windows/sec glazing � altered/replacement doors � protection from birds West Bridgford : New re-ordered worship area 5

Projects-completed Castle Street, Cambridge: refurbishment-extension Trinity, Gosforth: New worship area-refurbishment 6

St Andrew, Psalter Lane : Truro: new worship area & foyer New worship area and foyer 7

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 of unlisted Chapels in Conservation Areas (i.e Driffield) of unlisted Chapels in Conservation Areas (i.e Driffield) � Internal reconstruction & refurbishment of 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? 8

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 9

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). 10

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