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NEWS MUSIC TO THEIR EARS


Curtain up for Flanagan Lawrence’s Sunderland auditorium


Flanagan Lawrence's design for a new £8.2m multi-use auditorium for Sunderland Music, Arts And Culture Trust has been granted planning approval and funding by Sunderland Council. On the same day its planning permis-


sion was announced, Arts Council England awarded a £6m grant towards the cost of the project through the National Lottery to the Sunderland Music, Arts and Culture (MAC) Trust. This means that construction work will be able to begin later this year, with the building set to open in 2019. The new venue will be located at the


heart of the city’s Music Arts and Cultural Quarter in central Sunderland. The site, at Garden Place and Dun Cow Street, is adja- cent to the fire station, which is itself cur- rently being redeveloped as a £3.6m arts and culture centre, with financial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The new venue will have retractable


seating for 450 people and will be able host 700 people standing. There will also be an


GOTHIC REVIVAL Austin-Smith:Lord gatehouse restoration completes


A two year project by Austin-Smith:Lord to restore a Grade II listed Gothic revival gatehouse in Bristol has completed. The restoration of the 1805 Lower


Lodge, the original main entrance to the Ashton Court Estate which was on Historic England’s ‘Heritage at Risk’ regis- ter, was undertaken on behalf of Bristol City Council. Situated within the Bower Ashton


Conservation Area, Lower Lodge will now function as a community hub and heritage learning centre for Ashton Park School. Lower Lodge is the last of the


five estate lodges to be restored by the council through grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund and funds from Bristol Buildings Preservation Trust. The gatehouse was created by one of


Bristol’s biggest landowners Sir John Hugh Smyth, as part of his ambitious plans to update Ashton Court Mansion as


a Gothic showpiece. Ashton Court Estate was home to the Smyth family for 500 years, until 1959.


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outdoor stage and open area music and per- formance space to the rear of the redevel- oped fire station. Project director Jason Flanagan of Flanagan Lawrence com- mented: “The hall is designed to accommo- date both amplified music or a natural acoustic, as well as drama, dance, comedy and conference events. John Mowbray, chair of the MAC Trust,


said: “We are delighted that Arts Council has chosen to support the new auditorium and believe it will have a transformational effect on the city’s arts and culture sector.


We’re extremely grateful for this very gener- ous capital grant particularly considering the competition from other parts of the country for the Arts Council’s limited budget.” He continued: “It shows they recognise the significant changes in arts and culture that are happening in the city and share our ambition for Sunderland. We would also particularly like to thank Sunderland Council who have offered tremendous support during the develop- ment stage for this superb new cultural asset for the city.”


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