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
The Durham World Heritage Site
“Durham Cathedral is the largest and most perfect monument of Norman-style architecture in England.”
“….. and the small castle chapel, for its part, marks a turning point in the evolution of 11th century Romanesque sculpture."
“…..this building, owing to the innovative audacity of its vaulting, constitutes a type of experimental model which was far ahead of its time."
Around the relics of Cuthbert & Bede, Durham crystallized the memory of the evangelising of Northumbria and of primitive Benedictine monastic life."
“The visual drama of the Cathedral and Castle on the Peninsula and the associations of the site with notions of romantic beauty”.
““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””
“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).
“The continuity of use and ownership of the site as a place of religious worship, learning and residence over the past 1000 years “
Durham Cathedral & Durham University + + +Home / Workplace / Market Town Service Centre / Visitor Attraction
Safeguarding / Developing for the 21st Century‘The Peninsula Package’
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
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
WHS Visitor Centre
WHS Visitor Centre – Interior
DU Building + DC Staff + DCC materials
Palace Green Library
Palace Green Library– Wolfson Gallery
Bishop Cosin’s Library
Bishops Cosin’s Library – Refurbishment of the Filing System!
Events - Coordinated
Events - Spontaneous
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
