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2008 WDOAM Magazine – Autumn WEALD & DOWNLAND OPEN AIR MUSEUM Autumn 2008 Enjoy the Museum this winter TheThe mysterymystery ofof thethe Events & Courses househouse from Walderton 2008-09 LookingLooking aheadahead –– WorkingWorking WoodyardWoodyard thethe nextnext fivefive yearsyears getsgets underwayunderway £1.00 where sold CONTENTS Museum plans 19th century 5 Gonville Cottage to wo more farmsteads are planned their social and chronological character- become a museum Tfor the Museum site in the istics. When Tindalls cottage is exhibit future to complement the 16th complete the Museum will display a century Bayleaf steading, a 17th cen- house or cottage from each century, 7 New hop display tury one based around Pendean from Hangleton cottage (13th century) farmhouse and a new proposal – a to Whittaker’s cottages (mid-19th 19th century ‘Georgian’ farmstead. century), representing various social 9 The house from The proposal is contained in the levels, including landless labourers, Walderton, West Sussex Museum’s new five-year plan (2008- husbandmen and yeoman farmers. 2012), which also includes provision for Putting more emphasis on chronol- 17 Obituaries a new development plan proposing sites ogy, the Museum intends to pursue for the remaining exhibits in storage another series, that of farmsteads. At 18 New plan will inform (some 15 buildings). present there is one, Bayleaf (16th activity in West Dean The plan was written by Museum century) but there are appropriate Park Director Richard Harris, following a buildings in store to create a second five-month process of discussion and at Pendean (17th century). A third consultation with staff and volunteers, farmstead representing the early 19th 21 Events Diary 2008-09 led by Museum Chairman, Paul Rigg. century – the ‘Georgian farmstead’ – In the next five years the emphasis is thought desirable to illustrate devel- 23 Courses section: will shift back to buildings, following a opments following the Agricultural Building Conservation period of seven years’ concentration on Revolution. and Rural Trades & developing the rural life collection. This Exhibit development over the next Crafts programmes follows the move of the bulk of the col- five years includes three major strands. lection into the new Downland Grid- Gonville Cottage, now identified as a shell in 2001-02 and with the aid of the shepherd’s cottage with a sheep yard, 30 Friends’ news Government’s Designation Challenge will become an exhibit focusing on the Fund (intended to enhance collections interpretation of sheep and shepherding 32 Collections update and their visitor access), to bring onto in the South Downs in 1851 (see also the site the Museum’s important page 5). Research and planning will take 35 Historic Clothing wheeled vehicle and large object collec- place to determine the form and com- Project moves to next tion, much of which has been stored ponent buildings for the Pendean and phase offsite. Georgian farmsteads. Tindalls cottage The original layout of the site provid- and the church from South Wonston 36 Focusing on the ed for areas devoted to Wealden and will be the next buildings to be Downland buildings, but this proved re-erected. Museum’s Woodyard difficult and three main areas were Over the next five years the Museum established: rural buildings in the centre will also continue to develop facilities in 39 A new fence for and west of the site, urban and village modern buildings. (Over the last five Whittaker’s Cottages buildings in and around the market years these have included the rural square, and buildings for rural craft and training facility, the oxen training shed, industry in the north-east quarter. the vehicle and implement gallery and The presentation of the Museum’s the vehicle shelter attached to the Wit- domestic building exhibits emphasises ley joiners’ shop.) Future developments include improved workshop and store provision on site, especially in the top car park, and a new house on site for a member of staff to ensure security and 2008 Christmas Card This year’s Christmas card features the Museum’s working Shires, Mac and Neville, on a snowy day with Bayleaf Farmhouse in the background. It was taken by Charlotte Webb, a young volunteer at the Museum’s stables. The card is available in packs of five cards, price £2.95 each, or by mail order in multiples of 10 cards at £6.75 including p&p. To order by credit/debit card please telephone 01243 811020. 2 Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Autumn 2008 exhibit to complete farmstead trio to replace Gonville Cottage now that it group of consultants has been engaged • Re-fitting Hambrook Barn as an is to become an exhibit. The Museum to prepare a sketch design and feasibility ‘orientation’ centre for visitors has been offered funding for a new study. • Improving the main entrance and building behind Crawley hall to replace The Access project aims to solve all northern road behind the lake the ‘tent’ at the back of the market the Museum’s visitor facilities problems, • Building new offices, enabling Long- square. This will contain an exhibition but it must provide a sound basis for port House to become an exhibit on traditional building materials and intellectual access and inspiration. It • Moving the working horse stables to construction, developed from existing will enable the Museum to deliver the Georgian Farmstead site once its displays in Hambrook barn, and a cen- services to attract visitors to its site as a layout is established tral space for schools and activity use. gateway to the proposed South Downs • Systems to organise and communicate Work on the Access project con- National Park, and will present new digital resources, research for which is tinues. Now that the Landscape Conser- opportunities to establish and exploit currently being undertaken by the vation Management Plan has been new retail partnerships. Knowledge Transfer Partnership IT completed (supporting the strategy the Other developments for the future associate. Museum has pursued for the project) a include – Diana Zeuner New home for horse-drawn vehicles How you can help The Vehicle & Implement Gallery was completed this year with The Museum is one of the UK’s leading independent a grant from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport/Wolfson museums. It is a charitable trust and receives no Gallery Improvement Fund. The three vehicles nearest the regular government or local authority funding but camera are: a Sussex relies on visitor income, voluntary effort, sponsorship dung cart from and its supportive Friends group. Warnham Court Farm These are some of the ways in which you can help us: near Horsham; a flat bed cart from Furnace Join the Friends of the Museum Farm, Colemans Hatch, As a Friend you pay an annual subscription which entitles East Sussex and a you to free entry to the Museum – including event days – cattle transporter built and to receive information on social and fundraising in 1911 by S Horder & activities. The Friends provide a vital source of support Sons of Loxwood. and income and will make grants to the Museum of about £190,000 this year. To join, call the Friends’ office on 01243 811893, email [email protected] or Celebrating the age of steam complete the application form on our web site at www.wealddown.co.uk. The Museum celebrated the age of steam in Become a volunteer August with hundreds Volunteer helpers are vital to the Museum’s operation, of steam engines – whether it be stewarding the houses, working with from steam rollers and schools, helping run the watermill or Tudor kitchen, in working traction the gardens or many other departments. Please contact engines to steam boats, the Volunteer Coordinator on 01243 811933 or email a steam bicycle and [email protected]. Leave a gift in your Will A love of our heritage lasts longer than a lifetime. This Museum and its setting are inspirational. Legacies, large or small, allow us to plan ahead so that we can protect and develop this unique Museum. If or when the time is right for you to include a gift in your Will, please remember us. For further information, contact the Hon Treasurer through the Museum office on 01243 811363. Provide an introduction to a sponsor or grant-giving body Revenue from visitors to the Museum pays most day-to- day running costs but major rescue and restoration work or the development of visitor facilities can only be financed by sponsorship or donations. For further infor- mation contact the Museum Director on 01243 811363 or email [email protected]. Advertise in the Museum Magazine steam-powered gallopers. The two-day festival explored how Advertising space is available in this magazine, enabling steam power was used in agriculture, industry, road, rail and you to support the work of the Museum while promoting shipping, with displays and demonstrations throughout the your own products and services to a targeted audience. For Museum. details contact Julie Aalen on 01243 811010. Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Autumn 2008 3 4 Weald & Downland Open Air Museum Autumn 2008 Top, Gonville Cottage in 1974. Below centre, a sample of the shavings from the thatch of Gonville Cottage. Below right, Chris Tomkins investigating the layers of thatch. Bottom, hoop makers at work. The ground is littered with shavings and the building is thatched with them. onville Cottage is the GMuseum’s best-kept secret – right in the middle of the site, but largely invisible behind trees and hedges. In the early 1970s it was home to Museum Director Chris Zeuner and since then has always been occupied by people working for the Museum. In May this year it became vacant when Nick Conway, our Site and Secur- Gonville Cottage to become a ity Manager, moved to larger accommo- dation in Singleton, and we decided museum exhibit that it should become an exhibit.
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