VOL. 1 2005–2012 ESTONIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION CITYSCAPE / PUBLIC AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS / CHURCHES / MANORS INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE / TECHNOLOGY / ARCHAEOLOGY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION1 / MISCELLANY VOL. 1 2005–2012 ESTONIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE. PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION AND CONSERVATION PRESERVATION HERITAGE. CULTURAL 1 ESTONIAN VOL. 2005–2012 Editors-in-chief: MARI LOIT, KAIS MATTEUS, ANNELI RANDLA ESTONIAN Editorial Board: BORIS DUBOVIK, LILIAN HANSAR, HILKKA HIIOP, MART KESKKÜLA, JUHAN KILUMETS, ILME MÄESALU, MARGIT PULK, CULTURAL HERITAGE TÕNU SEPP, OLEV SUUDER, KALEV UUSTALU, LEELE VÄLJA PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION Translated by SYNTAX GROUP OÜ Graphic design and layout by TUULI AULE Published by NATIONAL HERITAGE BOARD, TALLINN CULTURE AND HERITAGE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION AT THE ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS Supported by THE COUNCIL OF GAMBLING TAX Front cover: The main stairway of the former Estländische adelige Credit-Kasse. Photo by Peeter Säre Fragment of the land use plan of the comprehensive plan of the old town of Narva 15 Seaplane hangars. Photo by Martin Siplane 29 Detail from a coat-of-arms epitaph in Tallinn Cathedral. Photo by the workshop for conserving the coats-of-arms collection of Tallinn Cathedral 65 Laupa Manor. Photo by Martin Siplane 93 Carpentry workshop of the Rotermann Quarter. 7 Rosen Str, Tallinn. Photo by Andrus Kõresaar 117 Lead sheet on the lantern at the façade of the Tallinn Great Guild Hall. Photo by Martin Siplane 133 13th c. merchant’s chest in the bottom of the Bay of Tallinn. Photo by Kaido Peremees 145 Tallinn Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photo by Endel Grensmann 155 Postage stamp depicting Võru St Catherine’s Church issued by Eesti Post 159 Inner back cover: a set of postage stamps issued by Eesti Post © NATIONAL HERITAGE BOARD, TALLINN CULTURE AND HERITAGE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION AT THE ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS 2013 Printed by TALLINNA RAAMATUTRÜKIKOJA OÜ ISSN 2228-4877 CITYSCAPE / PUBLIC AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS / CHURCHES / MANORS INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE / TECHNOLOGY / ARCHAEOLOGY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION / MISCELLANY MISCELLANY / ARCHITECTURE ON STAMPS SERIES AIN MULDMAA CONTENT Overview of the organisation of heritage MANORS conservation in Estonia. Kalev Uustalu 2 Manor schools – representing our diverse The development of heritage protection in Estonia. cultural history. Riin Alatalu 94 Ülo Puustak 5 Conservation of Kiltsi manor. Nele Rohtla 96 Mapping and analysing valuable 20th-century Conservation of Puurmani manor. Kadri Kallaste, architecture in Estonia. Epp Lankots, Leele Välja 9 Sille Raidvere 100 Glazed tile stoves of Vatla manor: a double new CITYSCAPE beginning. Joosep Metslang, Artur Ümar 104 Transformation of town structures in Estonian Revival of the Heimtali circular stable. small towns. Lilian Hansar 16 Epp Alatalu 107 Milieu protection areas. Riin Alatalu 20 Last decade at Mooste manor. Olev Suuder 110 Partial comprehensive plan of Narva Old Town Kõltsu Manor. Artur Ümar, Jüri Irik 113 2008–2011. Peeter Tambu 23 Kalamaja Cemetery Park. Artur Ümar 26 INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE The future and conservation of Estonian PUBLIC AND industrial heritage. Henry Kuningas, Artur Ümar 118 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS Tootsi peat industry and settlement. The history of the seaplane hangars. Artur Ümar 30 Henry Kuningas 126 Conservation of the reinforced concrete structures Conservation of Seidla and Angla windmills. of the seaplane hangars. Karl Õiger 34 Mihkel Koppel, Tõnu Sepp 129 A renewed museum – Kiek in de Kök and bastion passages. Henry Kuningas, Toomas Abiline 36 TECHNOLOGY The conservation of the Great Guild Hall. Conservation of the roof of Karja St. Catherine’s Helve Ilves, Boris Dubovik 40 Church: screw joints and lead sheet. Cinderella of the Latin Quarter. Henry Kuningas 44 Juhan Kilumets, Ain Pihl 134 12 Rüütli Street – another treasury opened Conservation of the north-eastern tower of in the Old Town of Tallinn. Juhan Maiste, the Vastseliina castle. Juhan Kilumets 137 Mart Keskküla 47 Techniques used in the conservation-restoration Pavilion of the Kadriorg Children’s Park of murals in of Suure-Kõpu and Pikva manors. Miia–Milla–Manda Museum. Leele Välja, Hilkka Hiiop, Merike Kallas, Heli Tuksam 140 Katrin Etverk 52 Interim overview of the conservation of school ARCHAEOLOGY buildings in Tallinn. Oliver Orro 56 Archaeological excavations at Vabaduse Square The summer studio of the sculptor Amandus and Ingeri Bastion in Tallinn. Villu Kadakas, Adamson in Paldiski. Kätlin Janson 62 Ulla Kadakas 146 Important developments in underwater heritage CHURCHES protection from 2010 to 2012. Maili Roio 149 Conservation of St. John’s Church in Tartu. Two Vendel era ship burials at Salme on the Kaur Alttoa 66 island of Saaremaa. Marge Konsa 152 Conservation of the sculptures of St. John’s Church in Tartu. Eve Alttoa 70 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Restoration of St. John’s Church in St. Petersburg. Estonia and international heritage protection. Henry Kuningas, Olev Liivik 73 Riin Alatalu 156 Conservation of Malvaste Chapel. Juhan Kilumets, Siim Sooster 77 MISCELLANY Recent discoveries of murals in medieval Architecture on stamps series. Ain Muldmaa 160 churches in Estonia. Hilkka Hiiop, Kais Matteus, Eva Mölder, Anneli Randla, Kaire Tooming 80 Conservation of the coat-of-arms epitaphs at Tallinn Cathedral. Ene Tromp 84 Church of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in Tallinn and the conservation of its iconostasis. Maria Lillepruun 87 Church ware from Eduard Dross’s workshop. Marju Raabe, Viljar Vissel 90 1 KALEV Uustalu OvervieW OF THE organisation OF heritage conservation IN Estonia OVERVIEW OF THE ORGANISATION OF HERITAGE CONSERVATION IN ESTONIA In 2013, the National Heritage Board celebrates its immovable or a part thereof, a body of things or an 20th anniversary. The current organisation of heritage integral group of structures under state protection which conservation in Estonia is in many aspects very similar is of historical, archaeological, ethnographic, urban to the practice followed in other European countries, developmental, architectural, artistic or scientific value but there are also some differences. In 1993, when the or of value in terms of religious history or of other cultural drafting of the Heritage Conservation Act of the newly value. Monuments can be classified as archaeological, independent Estonia was started the organisation of architectural, artistic, technical, industrial and historical. heritage conservation of Nordic countries was followed The National Heritage Board is focused mainly on as an example, on the other hand the current state of immovable monuments. The following objects are cultural heritage in Estonia and the existing experience considered to be immovable monuments: the sites of in dealing with it was taken into account. Compared with prehistoric, medieval and modern settlements, fortresses, the Act adopted in 1994 the Heritage Conservation Act of refuges, places of worship, burial grounds, ancient fields, 2002 and the Heritage Conservation Act Amendment Act roads, bridges, harbour sites, underwater structures and adopted in 2011 established substantial changes to the sites related to early industry. This list also includes civil, organisation of heritage conservation. industrial, defence and ecclesiastical buildings, and their Today, monuments and heritage conservation ensembles and complexes, which have artistic value or areas are under the supervision of the National Heritage value in terms of cultural history, as well as structures Board acting under the administration of the Ministry of reflecting the development of science, technology and Culture. The Board has representations in all 15 counties production, works of monumental art, structures, memo- of Estonia. The main function of the Board is to organise rials, cemeteries and natural features of historical value. heritage conservation work, to exercise state supervision Currently there are a total of 26,578 monuments, includ- over monuments and heritage conservation areas, to ing 5,253 architectural monuments, 6,622 archaeological maintain the national register of cultural monuments and monuments, 1,264 historical monuments and 13,516 to deal with issues related to transport, export and import artistic monuments. of cultural objects. In order to ensure the observability of an immovable In addition to the above mentioned tasks several monument and heritage conservation area, including expert panels and committees are established within the the preservation of long-distance views and visibility of Board to offer professional advice in complex situations. silhouette, and the preservation of constructional elements Each expert panel and committee consists of specialists of cultural value of the surrounding area in the context of in specific fields related to heritage. There are a total of five space a buffer zone is established around them. panels of experts specialising in architectural monuments, archaeological monuments, historical natural sanctuaries, The National Heritage Board can place objects of cultural landscape architecture and artistic monuments plus an value under temporary protection in order to determine expert committee on musical instruments. the need to designate the things as monuments. An object According to law local governments (either rural may be placed under temporary protection for up to six municipalities or city governments) may perform duties of months after