Reimagining Wordsworth in Grasmere, Cumbria
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Reimagining Wordsworth in Grasmere, Cumbria
Lake District Building in Cumbria, northwest England, UK – design by Purcell
11 Dec 2017
Reimagining Wordsworth
Architects: Purcell
Location: Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England
Landmark planning permission to be granted to redevelop the Wordsworth Trust site at Town End
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Lake District National Park Authority Planning Committee members gave their approval for the Wordsworth Trust?s proposed £6.2m development project Reimagining Wordsworth, which will see the conservation, adaptation and extension of the Trust?s property across the hamlet of Town End in Grasmere, Cumbria.
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Pending second round approval from the Heritage Lottery Fund and other fundraising, work on the scheme is expected to start in Spring 2018, and to be complete by Spring 2020, in time to celebrate the 250th anniversary of William Wordsworth?s birth. As well as preserving and enhancing the heritage signi?cance of Dove Cottage and Town End today and into the future of the location, the project will also reinterpret the Wordsworth Trust?s important collection of manuscripts, books and works of art, designated by the government for its national and international signi?cance.
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Centred around Dove Cottage, iconic home of the poet, the project draws on the expertise of world-leading specialists in the ?eld of architectu...
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