Rescuing and Presenting Lost Heritage: Promoting Public Engagement with Marks Hall and the World of the Vanished Country House

拯救和展示失落的遗产：通过马克斯大厅和消失的乡间别墅世界促进公众参与

• 批准号: ES/J020516/1
• 负责人: James Raven
• 金额: $ 9.52万
• 依托单位: University of Essex
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FJ020516%2F1
• 关键词: Rescuing; Presenting; Lost; Heritage; Promoting

During the twentieth century, Britain lost a third of its great country houses. Hundreds of mansions were pulled down because proprietors could no longer afford to maintain them, or following alleged wartime damage and the occupation by the military. Essex alone lost more than 100 mansions between 1946 and 1966. Currently, the 'lost' worlds of the British country house are reclaimed by dramas and documentaries from Gosford Park and Downton Abbey to more sober (and accurate) recreations of the social and economic history of great estates and their houses. This project will tackle another reclamation challenge, namely rescuing and interpreting the sites and material presence of destroyed mansions that lie beneath the surface of estates open to the public. Marks Hall near Coggeshall, Essex, is one such lost great mansion, dramatically demolished in 1950 having deteriorated in condition after use as a wartime military base. A community of Nissen huts sprang up before the gardens of the larger estate were restored. This interpretative project attempts for the first time a redesign and regeneration of a lost mansion site using a unique blend of cutting edge virtual digital recreation technology and new archival and artefact displays, exhibitions, recorded memories, archival research, film, university learning resources, archaeological digs and reconstructive garden design.Memories of the mansion and great estate are in risk of fading away. Many of those who lived and worked in or near the estate during, or just after, the Second World War when demolitions peaked are now in their eighties (or older). The integration of virtual recreation, archaeology, horticultural design, and recorded oral history has enormous potential, offering not only a rich story of the reasons for the demolition of great mansions, their wartime history, the dispersal of the staff and material artefacts (including whole interiors), and the change to the local rural economy and society. It also offers a gateway to what are invariably ancient sites of habitation with layers of earlier local and national history awaiting recovery. The project offers an opportunity for reconstruction and explanation appealing to all ages and informing public debate about heritage interpretation and popular history. All this invites diverse and fruitful knowledge exchange between local communities, a far-flung general public, local government officials, business people, heritage organisations and academic expertise, to their mutual benefit.There will be a wide range of outputs and activities for all audiences, including: a virtual recreation of Marks Hall, an interactive website (including a Twitter feed and blog), educational resources, placements, a travelling exhibition, a public seminar, public policy forum, an open conference and a book.

二十世纪期间，英国失去了三分之一的宏伟乡村别墅。数百座豪宅被拆除，因为业主无力再维护它们，或者在据称的战时破坏和军队占领之后。 1946 年至 1966 年间，仅埃塞克斯郡就失去了 100 多座豪宅。目前，英国乡间别墅的“失落”世界被戈斯福德公园和唐顿庄园的戏剧和纪录片重新找回，对大庄园及其房屋的社会和经济历史进行了更清醒（和准确）的再现。该项目将解决另一个填海挑战，即拯救和解释位于向公众开放的庄园表面下被毁宅邸的遗址和物质存在。埃塞克斯郡科格歇尔 (Coggeshall) 附近的马克斯大厅 (Marks Hall) 就是这样一座失落的伟大宅邸，它在用作战时军事基地后状况恶化，于 1950 年被戏剧性地拆除。在较大庄园的花园修复之前，尼森小屋社区如雨后春笋般涌现。这个解释性项目首次尝试使用尖端虚拟数字娱乐技术与新的档案和文物展示、展览、记录的记忆、档案研究、电影、大学学习资源、考古挖掘和重建花园设计的独特结合来重新设计和重建一座失落的豪宅遗址。关于豪宅和伟大庄园的记忆正面临着消失的风险。第二次世界大战期间或刚结束时，拆迁达到顶峰，许多在该庄园或其附近生活和工作的人现在都已经八十多岁了（或更老）。虚拟娱乐、考古学、园艺设计和口述历史的融合具有巨大的潜力，不仅提供了关于拆除豪宅的原因、战时历史、工作人员和文物（包括整个内部装饰）的分散以及当地农村经济和社会变化的丰富故事。它还提供了通往古老居住地的门户，那里有许多早期的地方和国家历史等待恢复。该项目提供了一个重建和解释的机会，吸引了所有年龄段的人，并为有关遗产解释和流行历史的公众辩论提供了信息。所有这些都邀请当地社区、广泛的公众、当地政府官员、商界人士、遗产组织和学术专家之间进行多样化和富有成效的知识交流，以实现互惠互利。将为所有观众提供广泛的成果和活动，包括：马克斯大厅的虚拟娱乐、互动网站（包括 Twitter 提要和博客）、教育资源、展示位置、巡回展览、公共研讨会、公共政策论坛、公开会议 和一本书。