[Vwoolf] The Bloomsbury Group’s storied Charleston house expands

[Kristin Czarnecki]

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The Bloomsbury Group’s storied Charleston house expands
With a new gallery by Jamie Fobert Architects

The Bloomsbury Group’s fabled Charleston home has undergone a bumper expansion by Jamie Fobert Architects to add new exhibition space.

The ramshackle Sussex country estate was the home of artists<https://thespaces.com/tag/artists-homes/> Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and stomping ground of Modernist<https://thespaces.com/tag/modernism/> writers including Virginia and Leonard Woolf. It is run by the The Charleston Trust but it’s never had a dedicated exhibition space – until now.

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Clive Bell’s bedroom. Photography: Axel Hesslenberg

Jamie Fobert Architects<https://thespaces.com/tag/jamie-fobert-architects/> has built the new gallery using cross-laminated timber. Its rustic form is inspired by Charleston’s historic barns and it houses five galleries and a retail space. Three of its cubic galleries borrow the proportions of Charleston’s main farmhouse.

Meanwhile two 18th-century farm buildings have been turned into an events space and restaurant, designed by practice Julian Harrap Architects.

[Courtesy of the Charleston Trust]

Courtesy of the Charleston Trust

Charleston’s gallery launches on 8 September with the exhibition Orlando at the present time<https://www.charleston.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions-8-september-2018-6-january-2019-orlando-present-time/>, in which contemporary artists respond to Virginia Woolf<https://thespaces.com/virginia-woolfs-hogarth-house-hits-market-surrey/>’s seminal novel, Orlando. The country home will now be open year round.

Read next: 12 incredible artists’ homes you can visit across the world<https://thespaces.com/artists-homes-you-can-visit/>


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