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Nottingham palace’s transformation into new galleries reaches ‘major milestone’


Renovation works at Nottingham’s famous landmark, the Ducal Palace, are in progress, and 15 km of scaffold tubing has now been removed to make way for the next stage of restoration at the historic site. Led by Midlands contractor G F


Tomlinson, the Ducal Palace works are part of the £30m redevelopment of Nottingham Castle, which is being funded by the Heritage Lottery fund, D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, Nottingham Castle Trust and Nottingham City Council. The project aims to transform the site into a “world-class heritage destination.” The project includes creating a new visitor centre and a new extension to the


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Ducal Palace, where two brand new galleries, named Robin Hood and Rebellion, will be located. Works to the palace until this point


have involved stripping back and returning the site to its original 1870s state, including the removal of the roof following a number of modifications since the 19th century. The original Ducal Palace building burnt down in 1831, and was rebuilt in 1875 and later opened as a gallery in 1878. The scaffolding has been progressively


removed over the course of eight months, with the northern temporary roof being taken down in June, the southern


temporary roof removed in December, and the last section, located over the colonnade, removed at the end of January. As well as the new galleries, the


refurbished palace will include a showcase of the castle’s array of fine and decorative art collections. It will also feature interactive stations for archery, “enabling visitors to experience the castle’s history in an interactive fashion,” said the firm. The castle grounds will be remodelled and access to the cave network hidden within the rock beneath the castle will be improved. It is expected to attract around 350,000 visitors in its first year.


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