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Aston Hall will be reopening this summer 2009. The Hall and grounds have benefited from a £10 million redevelopment.
Aston Hall is a 400 year old Grade I listed building set in 52 acres of
historic parkland. It is the largest and oldest of the five community museums owned by Birmingham City Council.
The Aston Hall & Park Development project will ensure the conservation of this superb historic site, and create new facilities that will benefit everyone.
The Stables Range & Courtyard
The Stables Range has undergone the biggest notable change as a result of the redevelopment. It had become derelict and vandalised, but this building will now act as an information point for visitors. It promises to be an invaluable new resource for the local community with a hireable community space. It has a new reception and tea room on the ground floor.
The themes to be displayed in the gallery are:
People
Aston and the World
Houses and Homes
Work
The Aston Area
Play
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The Hall
The Hall works happened in 3 phases to enable staff to carry on working with minimal disruption. The first phase of works in the North wing involved knocking through the former cafe and shop area and transforming this into a new large Education Suite.The new displays will follow the history of the house including the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. There will also be a virtual tour of the house available along with brand new interactives to use in the Saloon on the ground floor.
The Park
The main Trinity Road driveway has been widened and is lined with stone setts. In the South Garden there has been a new addition of Lady Holte's Garden.The North Courtyard to the rear of the Stables has had new planting and been renovated. All major pathways have been resurfaced and new cast iron bins and benches are to be placed around the Park.
Sports & Recreation in the Park
There is an impressive new Sports Pavilion in the far south of the Park. This overlooks a new cricket pitch which is being built to cricket's Birmingham Premier League standard.The Barclay's All Weather Pitch was the first item of redevelopment to be completed in December 2006. There are also one senior and two junior football pitches landscaped in the north of the park.
Funding
The main sources of funding for
the project are Birmingham City Council, the Heritage Lottery Fund,
Aston Pride New Deal for Communities, Barclays ‘Spaces for Sport’ , the
DCMS/ Wolfson Museums Development Fund and ‘Renaissance in the Regions’. |
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