Date:
Wednesday 16th November (Preview shopping) and Thursday 17th November
Start/Finish:
Wednesday 3.00-8.00pm
Preview shopping day with drinks and treats
Thursday 9.30am-4.00pm
Coffee, brunch and delicious lunch by Back to the Garden.
Children free both days.
Address:
Voewood, Cromer Road, High Kelling, Norfolk NR25 6QS View on Map
Winner of the Eastern region part of Country Life magazine's 2011 competion to find England's favourite house.
Admission Prices and Info:
Online booking for preview event (all preview tickets valid for return on 17th November): £14.50 admit 1; £25 admit 2; £35 admit 3; £40 admit 4
flat fee for groups of 4 people or more
Online booking for day event: £4.90 admit 1; £9 admit 2; £13.50 admit 3; £16 admit 4
Buy tickets online to Fast Track entry to this event.
Tickets on the door will be £15 pp for preview on the 16th; £5 pp for the day on the 17th.
Charities:
East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) charity reg no. 1069284
EACH supports families and cares for children and young people with life-threatening conditions.
Event Description
The house was built by the architect E.S. Prior for the Rev. Percy Lloyd between 1903 and 1905, and cost the staggering sum of £60,000 to construct. The house originally named Voewood, a word of Scandinavian origin, was known in architectural histories as Home Place. After a short rental period by the Meyrick Jones family it became a private boys school from 1906 until 1914/15 when many of its occupants went off to fight in the First World War. After that it had seventy years as rest and convalescence homes up until the time of its purchase by the current owner Simon Finch. Pevsner describes Voewood as "by far the most interesting building in this part of Norfolk, a violently idiosyncratic house reminiscent of Gaudi's work in Barcelona". Dan Cruickshank wrote in The Architects' Journal, "Voewood is an expression of Prior’s key thoughts on the theory and practice of architecture. It reveals his attitude to the use of architectural history and precedent in contemporary design and his powerful demonstration that the process by which a building is constructed, is as important as the way in which it is designed".
The house is now available to hire for weddings.
Sponsored by:
Savills
Purcell Miller Tritton
Back to the Garden
Hayes & Storr
Directions:
View on Map
