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Conservation Plan & Restoration Options for Wentworth
Castle & Stainborough Park, South Yorkshire
CLIENT
Barnsley MBC/Northern College
DATES
Commission: Jan 1999
Anticipated completion: 2002
BRIEF
Landscape & ecological input into preparation of a Conservation
Plan and Options Appraisal Report for restoration of an important
18th Century house, formal gardens and 150 hectares
of parkland in South Yorkshire as a second stage application
to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a grant.
NATURE OF WORK
Survey of current condition, recreational usage & demand;
documentary research into history and archaeology of the site;
user surveys, behavioural mapping & latent demand research;
design of option proposals and Development Masterplans to
repair & restore the park and gardens; detailed cost estimates
& programming; capital & projected revenue budget
costings
PROJECT COSTS
£12.5 million
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Stainborough Park today
Photomontage showing proposed parkland restoration
Wentworth Castle in the 18th Century
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