Conservation & Restoration of a Cemetery - Bristol City Council

BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL

D E PA R T M E N T O F E N V I R O N M E N T,
T R A N S P O R T A N D L E I S U R E

Conservation & Restoration of
Arnos Vale Cemetery - Bristol

Bristol City Council in partnership with The Arnos Vale Cemetery
Trust are seeking tenders from five consultants (architect,
landscape architect, structural engineer, quantity
surveyor and an ecologist) to progress with the restoration of
a major historic cemetery of national importance in Bristol.
Arnos Vale cemetery was established by an Act of Parliament in
1937 and was one of the earliest private provincial cemeteries in
the country. It covers some 45 acres of steep landscaped hillside
and is included within the English Heritage Register of Parks and

Gardens of Special Historic Interest (grade 2). It incorporates 22
significant grade II and II* listed chapels, gate houses, tombs and
monuments of distinction, all within a conservation area.
A partnership has been forged with the Arnos Vale Cemetery
Trust, a local community group, who are now operating the
cemetery and will take on the restoration of its landscape and
structures under licence from Bristol City Council. The Trust has
been awarded a stage 1 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to
appoint consultants to work up a full stage 2 application for
approximately £3.17m towards a total project cost expected to be
in excess of £4.23m.
The architect will act as lead consultant to the landscape
architect, structural engineer, quantity surveyor and ecologist, all
of which now need to be appointed to work up the proposals to
planning, and listed building consent stage. Should the stage 2
application be successful, the consultants would continue to work
on the phased implementation of the scheme over a period of
approximately 3 yrs.
Regardless of the outcome of stage 2 grant application, the
architect will be expected to complete proposals and manage the
full restoration of the West Gate Lodge, a grade II* listed building.
This will become a base for the trust in advance of the main
scheme. This work will be funded initially through English Heritage
and the City Council.
Consultants interested in tendering must first complete a prequalification
questionnaire from which not more than 6
consultants from each of the professional disciplines will be invited
to tender for the work.
Pre Qualification Questionnaires and further information
regarding the scope of the project can be obtained from:
Christopher Heath, Project Co-ordinator,
City Centre Projects & Urban Design Team,
DETaL, Bristol City Council, Brunel House,
St Georges Road, Bristol BS1 5UY.
Tel 0117 9222968
The return date for completed Pre-
Qualification Questionnaires is 12 Noon
Friday 3rd October 2003.