Lesser known World Heritage?

[Nemesis]

Odd to think that Edinburgh should be considered amongst the 'lesser known', but interesting short video:

http://www.petergreenberg.com/2008/06/12/great-lesser-known-unesco-world-heritage-sites/


http://www.ewht.org.uk

 

[Penners]

Edinburgh?

Never heard of it.

 

[Nemesis]

Odd though - it's actually true, while people have heard of the city, it seems the fact part of it is a WHS is not widely recognised.

 

[Penners]

I should have thought that anyone who's been there would be astonished it if were not a WHS.

A glorious city, crowned by afternoon tea at Jenners.

 

[Nemesis]

Jenners is House of Fraser now.

The best kept secret... 28 Charlotte Square for coffee, lunch, tea...

http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/4/

It's the NTS HQ, and in a wonderful Geo House in one of the finest squares anywhere (Home of Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, and Mr Salmond too...)

 

[FamilyWiggs]

I should have thought that anyone who's been there would be astonished it if were not a WHS.

A glorious city, crowned by afternoon tea at Jenners.

By the window overlooking Princes Street. They have some great internal woodwork too. Not quite Liberty, but rather nice nevertheless.

I used to live in Auchtermuchty and work in Edinburgh (pre-Parliament). It's not until you leave somewhere that you realise just what you've got...

 

[Nemesis]

Princes Street is a sad shadow of what it used to be. The BHS is up for listing though...

see 9th June entry

http://www.independentrepublicofthecanongate.blogspot.com/

Far too much unsuitable development being planned for the WHS.

http://www.eh8.org.uk

I know EWHT is doing its best, but...


http://www.ewht.org.uk/GetFile.aspx?ItemId=499

http://www.ewht.org.uk/World-Heritage-Day.aspx

 

[Penners]

Charlotte Square ... one of the finest squares anywhere

Some time since I've been to Charlotte Square. Is it still cobbled?

 

[Nemesis]

Can't say I have noticed.. and Adam is off until July so can't e-mail him and ask him to look out of the window...

http://sites.scran.ac.uk/ada/documents/square/charlotte_square.htm

http://www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk/charlotte_square_edinburgh.htm


The gardens are grass though!

 

[Penners]

The gardens are grass though

Yes, I hadn't imagined they would be cobbled!

 

[plumbers mate]

The ghost tours are great!

 

[Nemesis]

Latest bit of Embra news, thanks to the Edinburgh Evening News:

Restoration project to see workers shore up monument

Published Date: 16 June 2008

By ADAM MORRIS
ALMOST 190 years after the funding ran dry, workmen are finally set to return to the National Monument on Calton Hill.

Anyone hoping to see the towering structure finally completed will be sorely disappointed, though – work is merely being carried out to shore-up a monument exposed to the elements for so long.

The £60,000 restoration project is set to get underway as part of Edinburgh World Heritage's 12 monuments project. The three-year scheme has already seen repairs carried out to the Buccleuch Memorial in Parliament Square and the Grassmarket's Bow Well.

The work will mainly involve repairs to the stone lintels at the top of the monument, while one of the slabs will have to be re-bedded. New lime mortar will also be added to the structure's joints.

EWH said the repair work will guarantee the long-term future of a monument built in one of the most exposed parts of the city.

Culture leader Councillor Deidre Brock said today: "I am delighted to see this restoration project become a reality.

"The National Monument is one of the city's most iconic images. It is important that we take action now to preserve these monuments and statues for the benefit of future generations."

Although it has become an important feature on Edinburgh's skyline, the monument is often described as the Capital's "shame" or "disgrace".

The monument – designed by Charles Robert Cockerell – was supposed to be a full replica of the Parthenon in Athens but the project ran out of money early in construction and was left barely started.

In keeping with the ethos behind the structure, architects Gray Marshall Associates, who are carrying out the work, have got a Greek worker Dimitris Panagiotidis on board to help with the project.

The EWH project manager David McDonald said: "The National Monument is one of the most iconic structures in Scotland and having Dimitris' experience on board has helped move the project forward enormously.

"Calton Hill is one of the most outstanding landscapes of monuments in Europe and is a cornerstone of the Edinburgh World Heritage Site."

The work will begin in October and is expected to take around two months.

Work on the Nelson Monument is expected to follow early next year.

Similar restoration work is also planned to take place at the nearby David Hume mausoleum, at the Old Calton Burial Ground.

The Hume Enlightenment Trust has launched a £250,000 funding drive for the scheme, which would carry out necessary repairs to the 230-year-old building, which is deteriorating and taking on water.

 

[Nemesis]

More with pic:

http://www.ewht.org.uk/The-National-Monument-.aspx

podcast:

http://www.ewht.org.uk/Calton-Hill.aspx

PDF:


http://www.ewht.org.uk/GetFile.aspx?ItemId=478

 

[Nemesis]

And forthcoming events (although the talk has now passed):


http://www.ewht.org.uk/Forthcoming-Events.aspx

 

[Nemesis]

Jenners:

http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/TV-chef-set-to-cook.4206478.jp

 

[Penners]

That fills me with foreboding.

Being a star of Ready Steady Muck-The-Food-About and Strictly Come Prancing-Like-A-Prat hardly qualifies you to make a first class pot of Brodies tea, with oatmeal gingerbread and Dundee cake.

 

[Nemesis]

Well, I dunno. I have a couple of his books, and he likes his cakes, his puds and his tea.

He was raised in the kitchens of a Big House I seem to recall, where his gran was the cook.

Will check full facts later.

 

[Penners]

he likes his cakes, his puds and his tea.

Huh! So do I, but I'm also living proof that liking something and being able to make it to a high standard are not necessarily the same thing.

 

[Nemesis]

Well, as purveyor of cake to heritage organisations, maybe I should offer my services. It is in the World Heritage Site.