Carolyn: The Heritage Angel

Carlisle Cathedral Fratry project
Carlisle

Interpretation Plan | Heritage Lottery Fund | HLF | Activity Plan | Library | Scheme Design | Cathedral | HLF Round 2 | Tourism

Carolyn is the lead consultant supporting the Cathedral’s Round 2 HLF submission, producing an Interpretation Plan and Activity Plan, and working with Bivouac Design to prepare a scheme design and cost plan for the medieval fratry and cathedral library. The development project will provide greatly enhanced access to and engagement with the cathedral and the buildings within the close, along with new facilities to support the Cathedral’s future sustainability and its role as a community and tourism asset.

The Engine Shed
Scotland's Building Conservation Centre

Building Conservation | Built Heritage | Interpretation Strategy | Heritage Lottery Fund | HLF | Scotland

An Interpretation Strategy for a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) bid on behalf of Historic Scotland. This project, located in Stirling, will create a training centre and national hub that showcases Scotland’s rich variety of built heritage, materials, skills and innovative technologies to help repair and restore traditional buildings, whether croft or castle. Associate interpretive planner for Bright White Ltd. See here for more details.

Fountains Abbey
Ripon

Interpretation Plan | Abbey | World Heritage Site | Visitor Management | National Trust | Flagship Site | Destination | Tourism

Interpretation plan and creative content to improve visitor insight and engagement with the abbey ruins for one of the National Trust’s flagship sites with Paragon Creative Ltd. Visitor outcomes include a greater understanding of the monastic ‘ideal’, the purpose of different spaces, how they link to one another, and that the Abbey was the original template for self sufficiency. Interpretive interventions will complement volunteer-led guided tours and add value to the guidebook, while ensuring visitors enjoy exploring the historic spaces.

Ha'il Region
Saudi Arabia

Interpretation Strategy | World Heritage Site | Tourism | Archaeological Site | Conservation | Visitor Management

Interpretation Strategy and visitor management advice for two major rock art sites to support a World Heritage Site nomination on behalf of the Supreme Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) with Aylin Orbasli, Conservation Management Consultant & Peter Whitehead, Masterplanner. The archaeological sites contain an extensive record of 10,000 years of rock art and were successfully inscribed as new World Heritage Site in July 2015.

South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum
Doncaster

Museum | Yorkshire | Arts Council England (ACE) | Collections | Mentoring | Interpretation | Displays | Aviation  

interpretation mentoring and development planning to help deliver Arts Council England’s five strategic goals, enhance the museum’s appeal for family visitors and devise new display approaches for their extensive aviation history, helicopters and nationally significant Falklands Conflict collections.  The support work, funded by Museum Development Yorkshire, will inform future funding applications and fundraising activity.

Cork City and Harbour
Ireland

Interpretation Strategy | Heritage | Tourism | Visitor Experience | City | Harbour | Ireland

Interpretation Framework to inform the development of Cork’s extensive mercantile, maritime and military heritage into compelling visitor propositions to inspire public and private sector investment and help grow Cork’s international tourism markets, for Failte Ireland with Telltale Ltd

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
Carlisle

Preparation of an interpretation plan and development vision, working for L&R Consulting. The consultant team have produced an options appraisal and creative recommendations that radically address the challenges of collections storage and access, sustainable revenue generation and visitor engagement. The vision is enthusiastically supported by the Trustees, and visitor testing of ideas will take place over the coming months. Carolyn is helping the FOH team to develop new skills as gallery guides and collection interpreters.

Princes of Gwynedd
Landudno, Wales

Heritage Tourism Project

Interpretive planning, content development and delivery will provide an integrated approach to the provision of interpretation across Gwynedd and Conwy, including the Snowdonia National Park, to reveal and enhance the untold story of the medieval Princes of Gwynedd and encourage exploration of the cultural landscape.

Stamford Heritage Hub
Lincolnshire

Creating a new destination for the historic stone town of Stamford that interprets the streetscape and built heritage of the town through its archives, artefacts and oral histories. Working with Leach Colour Ltd (on behalf of Lincolnshire County Council), Carolyn produced an interpretation strategy, developed content and wrote copy for this innovative resource for local residents and tourist visitors that encourages exploration of the town.