Thursday 9 August 2012

Charleston - An artists home and garden

This beautiful house situated just outside Lewis (near Brighton) is a wonderful place in the country where writers, painters and intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury group met throughout the 1900's-1980's to do what they did best. I visited this house yesterday and was blown away at it's loveliness. Gardens with colorful flowers, a large pond and the house it's self is a place worth a visit.
We took a tour through the house and saw magnificent paintings, needle work and a life for the Bloomsbury group which would have been rather taboo for the time.

You can visit Charleston between March-October and they also hold various creative workshops and events throughout the year.


Sadly I wasn't allowed to photograph inside the house but I have taken a collection of wonderful pictures to sum up my experience around the grounds and garden.










The smalls














Have you been?

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Visit Charleston online http://www.charleston.org.uk/


2 comments:

  1. Such a beautiful place! The book they sell in the gift shop is really great and has some great shots of the interior.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Charleston-A-Bloomsbury-House-Gardens/dp/071122370X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1358095697&sr=8-2

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  2. Ah I know, I'm definitely going back this summer. Thanks for the tip! I'll check it out.

    :)

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