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Executive Summary Executive Summary 13 372000 376000 380000 384000 388000 ´ 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 7 3 3 0 379400 379600 379800 380000 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 7 535 7 3 A 3 Car Park Granada Arboretum ´ Executive Discovery Centre 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 7 7 Summary 3 3 Lovell Telescope State Party A4 or A3 size map(s) of world. Constructed between 1952 the nominated property, and 1957, its first act was to track the United Kingdom carrier rocket for Sputnik 1, the first 0 0 0 0 0 0 showing boundaries and 1 1 satellite ever launched into orbit and 7 7 State, Province or Region buffer zone (if present) humanity’s first step into space. The 3 3 Telescope was the largest of its kind England (Cheshire East administrative See maps enclosed in dossier. in the world for 15 years and inspired Square Kilometre authority) Array Headquarters the construction of many other Criteria under which instruments worldwide. Name of Property property is nominated The property encompasses a number Jodrell Bank Observatory (itemize criteria) of other radio telescopes, including Geographical Coordinates (i), (ii), (iv), (vi) the Mark II Telescope, and functional Bridge Farm 0 0 buildings on a 17.38-hectare site. Many 0 0 8 8 to the nearest second 0 0 Draft Statement of of these are original structures and 7 7 3 3 instruments, while remnants of earlier N 53° 14’ 05” W 2° 18’ 18” Outstanding Universal Value structures also persist, some of them Textual description of the a. Brief Synthesis below ground. boundary of the nominated Jodrell Bank Observatory is the earliest The character of the Observatory has property radio astronomy observatory in the been determined by the evolution of world that is still in existence. radio astronomy. Scientists first arrived The boundary of the nominated property at the southern boundary of the site in has been drawn so that it encompasses It is the one remaining site, worldwide, 1945, and then moved northwards as all of the areas and attributes that are that includes evidence of every stage 0 0 they made new discoveries, creating 0 5 0 6 53 6 of the post-1945 emergence of radio 0 A 0 a direct and tangible expression of its new equipment and experiments, 7 7 3 3 Outstanding Universal Value. astronomy, and, as such, played a thereby imprinting the development of pioneering role in a revolution in our the science on the landscape of the site. The property is 17.38 hectares in understanding of the Universe. size and encompasses the site of The Observatory is not solely a the Jodrell Bank Observatory, which Radio astronomy showed that there is scientific monument as it still carries B 5 r 3 far more to the Universe than meets id 5 is wholly owned by the University of out world-leading research. It currently g A e B5 L 3 a 92 the human eye, and that entirely new n Manchester. The University owns hosts the UK’s national array of 7 radio e further land around the boundary of information can be obtained by using telescopes, and collaborates with many the nominated property, which allows it radio waves – a revolution exemplified other radio telescopes worldwide. by a range of features across the site. 0 0 control of its immediate surroundings. 0 0 4 4 The scientific importance of the 0 0 The Buffer Zone has been established 7 7 Located in rural Cheshire in northwest 3 0 35 70 140 Meters 3 using the pre-existing radio silence property is demonstrated by the England, the Observatory, which is zone (similar to a ‘dark night sky’ zone influence of its work, evidenced by the part of the University of Manchester, 379400 379600 379800 380000 around an optical observatory), which data and scientific publications in its is dominated by the iconic Lovell is an area of 18569.22 hectares around archive, and its continuing research. Telescope, the first very large fully- Coordinate System: British National Grid KEY: Map of the Nominated Property the property. Projection: Transverse Mercator steerable radio telescope in the Datum: OSGB 1936 Nominated Property Boundary Scale: 1 : 3 , 0 0 0 at A3 © Crown copyright and database rights 2017 Figure 2 - Jodrell Bank Observatory Ordnance Survey 0100031673 Nominated Property Boundary 12 Executive Summary Executive Summary 13 372000 376000 380000 384000 388000 ´ 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 7 3 3 b. Justification for Criteria unique technological and landscape new information can be obtained by ensemble, globally, that exemplifies, using ‘invisible’ light, beyond the usual Criterion (i) represents a masterpiece through its surviving physical evidence, ‘rainbow’ of visible colours. Modern of human creative genius 0 0 the transition from traditional astrophysics now uses this ‘invisible 0 0 0 0 8 8 Jodrell Bank Observatory is an 6 6 optical astronomy to modern multi- light’ as a matter of course, to examine 3 3 outstanding example of supreme wavelength astrophysics that took the Universe, but the first major scientific and technical achievement, place during the 1940s and the years step towards this was taken by radio which revolutionised our understanding that followed. Developments at all astronomy. of the Universe. The post-1945 stages of this history took place within emergence of the science of radio its boundaries, with many of the earliest c. Statement of Integrity astronomy was a turning point in the features, or their locations, extant and All the tangible attributes of progress of 20th century astronomy. At 0 0 recognisable. This was a significant 0 0 0 0 4 4 the property sit within the site 6 6 Jodrell Bank, evidence of every stage stage in the history of understanding 3 3 boundaries. The nominated property of this is present in the property. This our place in the Universe. includes: the early use of recycled radar is solely owned by the University of equipment; the construction in 1947 of It was also a significant stage in the Manchester, and the boundaries of the Transit Telescope (then the world’s peacetime development of ‘Big the site are clearly identifiable in the Deeds of Ownership of the land. largest telescope); and the creation Science’, which followed the Second 0 0.5 1 2 Kilometers of the iconic Lovell Telescope in 1957 World War, and was characterised by a The property is generally in a good 372000 376000 380000 384000 388000 (superseding the Transit Telescope as leap in the scale of projects, paralleled state of conservation. The integrity the world’s largest). The development by a leap in scale of funding and in of some elements of the property Coordinate System: British National Grid KEY: Map showing the Nominated Property and Buffer Zone Projection: Transverse Mercator Nominated Property Boundary is compromised (for example, only Datum: OSGB 1936 of the Observatory, as a whole, was numbers of collaborating scientists Scale: 1 : 6 0 ,0 0 0 at A3 5-10% of some of the original scientific © Crown copyright and database rights 2017 Buffer Zone driven by the vision, determination and and engineers. While the size of the Ordnance Survey 0100031673 Figure 3 - Jodrell Bank Observatory Buffer Zone creative scientific genius of Sir Bernard Lovell Telescope means that it is the instruments remain, as traces below Lovell and the team that gathered most obvious feature of the site, it is, in ground). However, most of the around him. fact, the Observatory as an ensemble buildings in the property are in good that is at the heart of the property. The condition and the Grade 1 listing and e. Requirements for Protection and Manchester, which has a robust and Name and Contact Criterion (ii) exhibits an important character of the landscape and the continued research use of the Lovell Management successful management system in Information of official interchange of human values interrelation between buildings and Telescope and the Mark II Telescope place, including a site Governance The Jodrell Bank Observatory structures speaks of the revolutionary has ensured that the integrity and The Lovell Telescope was awarded Group, that takes oversight of all local institution/agency contains numerous examples of developments that took place there, function of the most iconic elements Grade 1 Listed status in 1988 and activities. physical evidence of the international and represent this significant stage in of the property have been retained. therefore enjoys full statutory Organisation: interchange of ideas at a significant human history. protection under this and other A Steering Group including all The University of Manchester time in history, as the new science of d. Statement of Authenticity planning regulations. In 2017, the Mark stakeholders will oversee the radio astronomy and the space age Criterion (vi) directly or tangibly II Telescope was also Grade I listed and management of the World Heritage Address: Despite the rapid and continuing developed during the 1940s-60s. This associated with events or living five other historical structures at the Site. It is also planned to establish a Professor Teresa Anderson MBE developments at Jodrell Bank, the is epitomised by the structures of the traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, site were also listed at Grade II. deemed strategy of consent with all Director site preserves good evidence for the iconic Lovell Telescope and the Mark with artistic and literary works of relevant stakeholders in 2018/19. Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre emergence of the science of Radio II Telescope, which dominate the site outstanding universal significance The Buffer Zone for the property Astronomy and retains a high level The University of Manchester and effectively ‘bracket’ the property. Jodrell Bank Observatory is inextricably (which is 18569.28 hectares in area) The University of Manchester, owner of authenticity due to its function as Macclesfield It is also embodied in the character of linked to the fundamental concept has been set up using the radio of the property, is investing £15million an observatory.
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