Highbury Hall and EstatePresentation to the Trusts and 

Charities Committee

September 2011

Cllr Martin MullaneyCabinet Member for Leisure, Sport and Culture

Chair of the Heritage Strategic Planning Group

What next?Priorities identified by the Heritage Strategic Planning Group in liaison with the Trusts and Charities Committee

What next?

Restoration of the Highbury Hall Gardens by 2014

What next?

Restoration of the Highbury Hall Gardens by 2014

100th anniversary of the death of Joseph Chamberlain

What next?

Heritage Lottery Fund

What next?

Heritage Lottery Fund• Historic Landscape Survey

What next?

Heritage Lottery Fund• Historic Landscape Survey• Restoration plan

What next?

Heritage Lottery Fund• Historic Landscape Survey• Restoration plan• 10 year management plan

What next?

Heritage Lottery Fund• HLF shown gardens in Nov 2010

What next?

Heritage Lottery Fund• HLF shown gardens in Nov 2010• £25k to prepare HLF bid

approved in July 2011

What next?

Heritage Lottery Fund• HLF shown gardens in Nov 2010• £25k to prepare HLF bid

approved in July 2011• Bid for restoration of Italian

Gardens to be submitted Nov 2011

What next?

Heritage Lottery Fund• Bidding for £20k from Corporate

Finance to restore Viewing Platform this Autumn

What next?

Heritage Lottery Fund• Bidding for £20k from Corporate

Finance to restore Viewing Platform this Autumn.

• Full HLF bid for Gardens to be submitted in 2012

What next?

National Trust?

What next?

National Trust?• Interested in working in

partnership with Trustees and Heritage Strategic Planning Group to restore the Gardens

What next?

National Trust?• Interested in working in

partnership with Trustees to restore the Gardens

• Tour of Gardens in late Sept 2011

Any Questions?