OWHC NW Europe Regional Conference Bergen, …...“Durham Cathedral is the largest and most perfect...
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Durham Cathedral & Castle World Heritage SiteDurham Cathedral & Castle World Heritage Site
OWHC NW EuropeOWHC NW EuropeRegional ConferenceRegional Conference
Bergen, NorwayBergen, NorwayMay 4May 4thth –– 66thth 20112011
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The Durham World Heritage Site
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“Durham Cathedral is the largest and most perfect monument of Norman-style architecture in England.”
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“….. and the small castle chapel, for its part, marks a turning point in the evolution of 11th century Romanesque sculpture."
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“…..this building, owing to the innovative audacity of its vaulting, constitutes a type of experimental model which was far ahead of its time."
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Around the relics of Cuthbert & Bede, Durham crystallized the memory of the evangelising of Northumbria and of primitive Benedictine monastic life."
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“The visual drama of the Cathedral and Castle on the Peninsula and the associations of the site with notions of romantic beauty”.
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““The site's role as a political statement as one of Britain's The site's role as a political statement as one of Britain's most powerful symbols of the Norman Conquestmost powerful symbols of the Norman Conquest””
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“The physical expression of the spiritual and secular powers of the medieval Prince-Bishops that the defended complex provides…”
"There are two kings in England, namely the Lord King of England, wearing a crown in sign of his regality and the Lord Bishop of Durham wearing a mitre in place of a crown,”The steward of Anthony Bek, Bishop of Durham (1284 - 1311).
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“The continuity of use and ownership of the site as a place of religious worship, learning and residence over the past 1000 years “
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Durham Cathedral & Durham University + + +Home / Workplace / Market Town Service Centre / Visitor Attraction
Safeguarding / Developing for the 21st Century‘The Peninsula Package’
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Home / Workplace / Market Town Service Centre / Visitor Attraction
HomeResident population (c.120)+ student population (c.2,500 during term time)
WorkplaceUniversity, Cathedral, 200 + commercial businesses
Market Town Service CentreHinterland population c.40,000 = former coalmining villages x 12 – significant deprivation
Visitors23% of all visitors to the North East visit Durham Cathedral & Castle WHS - 600k per annumAgreed Target: 1 million per annum
Day Visitors 92% : Overnight Visits 8%Target: Day Visitors 90% : Overnight Visits 10%= Economic impact will be doubled= Durham as a 2-day destination
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The Peninsula PackageWHS – Coordinated Investment
1. Heart of the City:Market Place & Vennels £5.25m
2. WHS Visitor Centre £1.1m3. WHS Coordinator4. Riverbanks Gardens Project £2.9m5. Cathedral Woodland Project £1m6. Palace Green Law Libraries £10m7. WHS Re-lighting Project £500k8. WHS Feasibility & Implementation Study
(Lindisfarne Gospels 2013)9. Events: Enlightenment
Lumière I *, Lumière II* 75,000 visitors over 4 days
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Durham WHS – Owengate approach
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WHS Visitor Centre
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WHS Visitor Centre – Interior
DU Building + DC Staff + DCC materials
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Palace Green Library
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Palace Green Library– Wolfson Gallery
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Bishop Cosin’s Library
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Bishops Cosin’s Library – Refurbishment of the Filing System!
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Events - Coordinated
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Events - Spontaneous
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Durham WHS – the next 10 years
Increase in the sustainable re-use of historic assets – maximising incomeWHS Feasibility Study implementation
Better coordinated approach to development / planned maintenance
Improved access for all – physical and intellectual