Berwick Church

After visiting Charleston Farmhouse you really need

to visit St Michael & All Angels Church at Berwick,

just a few miles away from Charleston.

All the Murals were painted by Vanessa, Duncan,

Quentin and Angelica.

The murals were painted on boards and transported

down the lanes to Berwick from Charleston,

on horse and cart!

All the figures are modelled on themselves,

family and friends.

The view from the Church Yard is spectacular.

To see more of the church and the paintings

visit

www.berwickchurch.org.uk

Charleston Farmhouse

We started at the shop and went through the gates to the

front door. Everything in the house is priceless so we were

given a few rules!

We entered the front door into the hall and straight into

The Study, once a school room for Quentin and Julian.

Then room by room exploring the art and atmosphere.

The Studio was left to last and it was just as you would

expect after the tour we had just had memorable,

as if they had just left the room.

Nearly every room of the house

has a view of the amazing garden.

It looked very picture like from many of them.

You are not allowed to take photographs of the inside of the

Farmhouse so I brought the interiors book and it is

wonderful. The book illustrates the tour you have been on and fills in

historical context and information.

See images and information of the Charleston Farmhouse

HERE

Charleston Farmhouse,The Bloomsbury Group

Visiting Charleston the home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant,

members of The Bloomsbury group, has been on my wish list

of places to visit for a long time and as we were in Sussex,

we took the opportunity.

The farmhouse is situated in the middle of The Sussex Downs

not far from Firle Beacon in between

Brighton and Eastbourne.

We arrived at 1pm and the house is open by tour only.

Tours are limited to about nine and ours was at 2pm.

We went round the Exhibition in the small Gallery of

the shop. The Exhibition 'Naked', drawings, paintings and sketchbooks

of Vanessa and Duncan's based on the human form.

Then around the garden,oh! what a garden

a real painters garden a smaller scale to Monet's Garden,

(another place on my wish list)

Beautiful! and so inspirational.

We then needed another cup of tea and had this sat in

Quentin Bell's Ceramics Studio!

and watched a DVD on how the house was restored

when the trust took over in 1978.

We then waited eagerly for the tour to begin!

See more by visiting

www.charleston.org.uk