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Strawberry Hill Group Project 2003

1 Title Page

2 Contents: Introduction The Brief Interested Parties; brief description, author (i.e. student) Historic Options; brief description, author (i.e. student) Modern Issues; brief description, author (i.e. student) Finance & Marketing; brief description, author (i.e. student) Conclusion

3 Introduction: Written as the script of the presentation, i.e. we are here today to present a report on … Setting the scene. Details of St Mary's College and Walpole House today. The Brief: What they have been asked to do: Issues raised;

- How should it be presented – Walpole's decoration, Subsequent layers. - Legal requirements Health & Safety, visitor access v damage limitation. -Marketing & Finance. Interested Parties; Bodies involved in decisions - Strawberry Hill Preservation Trust, FoSH - St Mary's University College - English Heritage - London Borough Richmond upon Thames. Important Note: Issues very real but this exercise is theoretical. Summary: Issues particularly related to staircase and hall.

11 Conservation and/ or preservation of the Staircase and Hall. The Brief: Short history of Strawberry Hill and owners - Horace Walpole - Lady Francis Waldegrave - Baron Stern - Catholic Education Council – St Mary's

16 The Hall and Staircase's major decorative schemes in chronological order; Walpole's	Lots about wallpaper, paint scrapes, research; flooring, staircase steps, ceiling, balustrades, antelopes, door, windows – stained glass, lighting, contents – armour.

28 Lady Waldegrave's decorative scheme – Ditto

32 Current decorative scheme 2003.

47 Appendix A; Auction catalogue 1842 – lots relating to Hall and Staircase an Armoury. 50 Appendix B; Auction 1883 ditto 51 Bibliography 54 How can these options be reconciled with legal requirements as regards to health and safety and planning law so as to facilitate access while ensuring minimum risk of harm to visitors or of damage to the building and its contents? Options; question and answer discussion. Fire regs, security, access – guided tours, heating, events, structural problems, Summary. 72 Strawberry Hill Financial Report Funding and fundraising Costs Revenue – comparable study Running costs – detailed list. Issues concerning financial aspects; Building Preservation Trusts, Heritage Lottery Fund.

95 Conclusion.

Various Appendix and additional information, press cuttings etc.