Towner Art Gallery

Museums and Galleries

NLHF and ACE funded projects

Towner Art Gallery
Delivery of a new-build, three-storey art gallery providing permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, archives, conference and community facilities, constructed on a constrained site adjacent to a Grade I listed theatre and a nationally significant sporting venue.
Towner Art Gallery
Delivery of a new-build, three-storey art gallery providing permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, archives, conference and community facilities, constructed on a constrained site adjacent to a Grade I listed theatre and a nationally significant sporting venue.
Towner Art Gallery
Delivery of a new-build, three-storey art gallery providing permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, archives, conference and community facilities, constructed on a constrained site adjacent to a Grade I listed theatre and a nationally significant sporting venue.
Towner Art Gallery
Delivery of a new-build, three-storey art gallery providing permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, archives, conference and community facilities, constructed on a constrained site adjacent to a Grade I listed theatre and a nationally significant sporting venue.

Towner Art Gallery
Delivery of a new-build, three-storey art gallery providing permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, archives, conference and community facilities, constructed on a constrained site adjacent to a Grade I listed theatre and a nationally significant sporting venue.
Towner Art Gallery
Delivery of a new-build, three-storey art gallery providing permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, archives, conference and community facilities, constructed on a constrained site adjacent to a Grade I listed theatre and a nationally significant sporting venue.
Towner Art Gallery
Delivery of a new-build, three-storey art gallery providing permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, archives, conference and community facilities, constructed on a constrained site adjacent to a Grade I listed theatre and a nationally significant sporting venue.
Towner Art Gallery
Delivery of a new-build, three-storey art gallery providing permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, archives, conference and community facilities, constructed on a constrained site adjacent to a Grade I listed theatre and a nationally significant sporting venue.

Towner Art Gallery
The project will deliver a new building housing exhibition space, learning facilities and visitor welcome, and will also convert an Old Deanery building into a cafe and community space.
Towner Art Gallery
The project will deliver a new building housing exhibition space, learning facilities and visitor welcome, and will also convert an Old Deanery building into a cafe and community space.
Towner Art Gallery
The project will deliver a new building housing exhibition space, learning facilities and visitor welcome, and will also convert an Old Deanery building into a cafe and community space.
Towner Art Gallery
The project will deliver a new building housing exhibition space, learning facilities and visitor welcome, and will also convert an Old Deanery building into a cafe and community space.

Project Overview

Eastbourne Borough Council

Client

Eastbourne, East Sussex

Location

Programme

Funder

Programme

Eastbourne, East Sussex

Location

Programme

Funder

Our Role

We were appointed as Project Manager and Contract Administrator, working directly for Eastbourne Borough Council. Our services included development of the client brief, preparation and submission of the National Lottery Heritage Fund Round Two bid, and ongoing cost and progress reporting to funders throughout the project. The scheme was delivered using a traditional procurement route.

Project Details:

A new build 3 storey fair faced concrete framed building built adjacent to a Grade I listed operational Congress Theatre and alongside the National Tennis Venue of Devonshire Park. The works were carried out on a restrictive site requiring access to the theatre and major tennis events at all times. The building provides conference facilities, a new permanent gallery, gallery store, an Archiving space, exhibition gallery, community space and catering/retail facilities.

CM were appointed as Project Managers and Contract Administrators for the new build working directly for Eastbourne County Council. The project was multi funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (TNLHF), Arts Council England, South East England Devolpment Agency and Eastbourne Borough Council. CM's appointed services included the development of the client brief, the preparation and submission of the TNLHF Round Two bid and the ongoing cost and progress reporting to TNLHF throughout the project, as well as project management services.

Funding:

Arts Council England
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
South East England Devolpment Agency
Eastbourne Borough Council

Key Outcomes

Successful delivery of a major new cultural building within a constrained operational site
High-quality contemporary gallery spaces supporting exhibitions, learning and community use
Effective coordination alongside live theatre and international sporting events
Successful management of funder requirements and reporting
Strengthened cultural infrastructure within Eastbourne

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The project will deliver a new building housing exhibition space, learning facilities and visitor welcome, and will also convert an Old Deanery building into a cafe and community space.

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