Antony Gormley #10

High House, West Acre. (bron: Dereham Times)

"This summer (2010, hk) Antony Gormley – the sculptor who created the Angel of the North – paid £3  million for High House, a majestic late Georgian mansion set in 129 acres of parkland at West Acre, near Swaffham, Norfolk.
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Gormley intends to spend a further £1.5  million on restoring 13-bedroom High House, which was built in
1756 by Edward Spelman, a writer and translator. Additional wings were added to the property in the 19th Century.

The house was owned by the ­Birkbecks, a West Norfolk farming dynasty, for more than 100 years until it was bought by Gormley. It has been described as a ‘hymn to English country life and sporting pursuits’ and boasts a huge picture gallery, modelled on the one at Buckingham Palace, along with gun and billiards rooms.

Gormley plans to carry out extensive renovations, turning the gun room into a dining room and making the house ‘ecologically sustainable’."
(bron: Daily Mail)











"The artists Antony Gormley and Vicken Parsons bought High House in 2010 and commissioned David Chipperfield Architects to transform the stables into a studio complex.
Situated in 50 hectares of Norfolk parkland, this Grade I listed manor house in Greek Revival style was originally built in 1756, with the addition of the stable block and changes to the main house by the architect W.J. Donthorn in 1829.
The existing stables consist of four towers arranged around a courtyard, and had been neglected for a number of years.The project converts the stable block into a complex of studio, office and guest accommodation by roofing over the courtyard, creating a new link building between the house and the south west tower and upgrades and minor interventions to the manor house.
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(bron: Archinect)




Antony Gormley (and Vicken Parsons) at home in Norfolk, living with what they’ve chosen or made for themselves—painting, sculpture, food, ceramics, gardens. (bron: Sarah Medford | Instagram, foto's: Francois Halard(?))

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