February 2014
Concord Lights Up the Old Palace at Hatfield House
The Old Palace at Hatfield House, one of England’s most historic country houses,
now boasts modern lighting to enhance its magnificent Grade One listed features.
Designed by the award winning Gardiner Design Associates, the new lighting scheme
features Limburg pendants from the Concord product portfolio and Lumistrip Linear
LED strips from Lumiance, both part of the Havells Sylvania family.
Built in 1485, the Old Palace is one of the foremost examples of medieval brickwork
in the country. King Henry VIII acquired the building in 1538 and used it as a nursery
for his three children. The young Elizabeth I learnt she was to become Queen while
sitting under an oak tree in the grounds. Now Hatfield House and the Old Palace are
a fascinating visitor attraction and filming location and a unique venue for
conferences, events and weddings.
The new lighting scheme reflects the Old Palace’s current usage and is sympathetic
to the building’s rich architecture and design. The new scheme was conceived when
the emergency lighting in the Old Palace was upgraded in line with the latest
regulations. Gardiner Design Associates has taken the opportunity to introduce
modern luminaires into the traditional setting with the addition of the pendants and
wall lights, and the LED strip. Andrew Gardiner says, “Our challenge was to update the
lighting in the Old Palace without being intrusive,” he comments. “With their
contemporary elegance the pendants and wall lights effortlessly achieve this aim and
additionally, the 3000k Lumistrip adds a touch of occasion to the location.”
The main luminaire is a pendant in aluminium and glass, which gives a good level of
ambient light throughout the space. These are supplemented by wall lights in
polished chrome which uplight the historic gargoyles to stunning effect. The energy
efficient Lumiance Lumistrip Pro is installed around the eaves and window ledges to
highlight architectural details.
Lumiance Lumistrip is a broad range which includes RGB and dedicated colour
options as well as white LEDs. LumiStrip PRO is equipped with 600 LEDs and offers
up to 2400 lumen light output. The standard LumiStrip is equipped with 300 LEDs
and offers up to 1200 lumen. LumiStrip comes in both IP20 and IP67 ratings, with
the IP67 version suitable for outdoor use. Lumiance has developed a range of
connectors that make the strip very easy to install. There is no need for soldering
when installing continuous lines of LumiStrip and it is easy to re-use any cut-off LED
strip.
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Editors Notes:
About Concord from Havells Sylvania
Concord is part of the Havells Sylvania Group and is one of Europe’s most respected Architectural
lighting brands. With a strong manufacturing base in the UK, Concord is renowned for its strong
design ethos, high technical performance and aesthetic form. Concord focuses on bringing lighting
solutions to meet the needs of architects and lighting designers.
Concord’s innovative portfolio is one of the most comprehensive on the market, encompassing track
and spot, downlights, ambient lighting, recessed and linear solutions for a variety of application
segments. The company provides segment specific lighting application advice; and the entire product
range is underpinned by in-house technical expertise, from optical system design through to
photometric measurement and testing.
Concord’s best in class range of LED luminaires have won many prestigious design awards and
industry accolades in recent years. During 2013, Concord Glace has won the Best Interior Luminaire at
the Lighting Design Awards and been a finalist at the Lux Awards and the FX Awards. Concord Lytelab
received a five-star review in Lux magazine’s tests, Concord Beacon Minor was a finalist at the FX
Awards and Concord Officelyte incorporating Organic Response has been shortlisted for the 2014
Lighting Design Awards.
Formed in April 2007, Havells Sylvania is owned by Havells India Ltd, a US$ Billion plus company. With
94 branches and representative offices worldwide, and over 8000 employees working in more than 50
countries; Havells has grown rapidly since its humble beginnings in Delhi in 1958. Havells has
eighteen manufacturing plants in India, Europe, Latin America and Africa; producing globally
acclaimed products, including: switchgear, cables, wires, luminaires and lamps.
Havells Sylvania is a leading, full-spectrum provider of professional and architectural lighting
solutions. Built on over a century of expertise in lamps and luminaires, Havells Sylvania supplies stateof-the art products and systems to the public, commercial and private sectors, worldwide. Havells
Sylvania strives to deliver the finest products, service and consulting possible. All over the world,
people rely on group companies: Concord, Lumiance and Sylvania, for top quality, energy-efficient
solutions to suit their individual lighting needs.
www.havells-sylvania.com
www.concord-lighting.com
About Gardiner Design Associates
Andrew Gardiner is the creative director and owner of Gardiner Design Associates. The practice was
setup in 1985 and is committed to good design and branding across exhibitions, displays and
interiors, lighting, signage, graphics and digital media. Andrew Gardiner is a Member of the Chartered
Society of Designers.
www.gardinerdesign.co.uk
Hatfield House
Hatfield House is the home of the 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury and their family. The
Estate has been in the Cecil family for 400 years.
www.hatfield-house.co.uk
For further press information contact:
John Houston / Ruth Chrisp, Wildwood PR: 01293 851115
[email protected] / [email protected]