Beach Hut Tuesday - Dungeness

Two very different kinds of beach huts for you today, all on the beach at Dungeness in Kent. First of all two from Squirmelia in the Dungeness flickr pool.And then the marvellous rubber-clad Vista from Simon Conder Associates, winner of the The Stephen Lawrence Prize. (Re)built using timber and spruce plywood as a weekend retreat for two people, the 92 square metre house was originally a 1930s fisherman's hut which was then extended. The rubber is an echo of the more traditional felt and tar of similar buildings. And there's a 1954 Airstream caravan for visitors to stay in.

Marconi Research Sheds, Dungeness

The Name That Shed last week proved to be a tricky test: many of you were spot on with the location but the actual shedworking aspect proved harder to pin down. In fact it was the Marconi Research Sheds, Dungeness, from where in 1899 Guglielmo Marconi transmitted radio messages across the English Channel.
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Paddy Hamilton Studios

Established in 1999, Paddy Hamilton Studios is based in the wild and beautiful region of Dungeness on the Romney Marsh in Kent. The studios - lovely shedlike atmospheres - are run by artists Paddy Hamilton and Helen Gillilan. Both artists have extensive experience of solo and collaborative shows and events, curating and managing exhibitions and producing commissioned work on given themes. The whole site is well worth a long browse but I particularly like the section on what they're working on at the moment. See lots more photos of the sheds and their lovely work (which often features sheds) at Paddy's Flickr site.

Help save Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage

An appeal to safeguard film-maker and artist Derek Jarman's former Victorian fisherman's hut and garden in Dungeness is underway, led by the Art Fund (more details at the link - they're about halfway there as it stands with a couple of months to go). The campaign aims to raise £3.5 million to secure the future of the cottage and its iconic garden as a centre of creative activity. The plan will be overseen by Creative Folkestone who will also restore the garden and run a residency programme for artists, writers, gardeners, filmmakers, academics, and activists. The cottage will also be open to the public for visits.


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Your photos of snowy sheds

Thank you for the excellent response to this morning's call for snowy sheds, garden offices and other shedlike atmospheres. Above is Andy's from Workshopshed.com while below is Nick Livingstone's.

Garden designer Jo Thompson has a three in one snowy shedorama.

Here's Uncle Wilco's from That Other Shed blog

And Maria's aka Cultured Llama.

And here's Paddy Hamilton's in Dungeness, above. Below is the shed-like-cabin-structure of The Brokedown Palace, used as a photo studio for their online shop and as a workspace too.

Finally, Steve Dibble's fabulous build.  In here he restores pianolas downstairs and upstairs doubles as office and art studio for his wife who paints portraits. More details at www.pianolacare.co.uk and
www.teresadibble.co.uk

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