Local members of Buckfastleigh Town Council had a tour around the former Axminster Carpets’ spinning mill on Wednesday 3 July with representatives of the site’s new owners Buckfast Abbey.
The Abbey has undertaken this ambitious project having bought the 9.24 acre site, running adjacent to its land, from administrators at the end of March. Whilst the administrators are still clearing the site, consultants are working with the Abbey to draw up plans to transform the site although no firm decisions have been made.
Father James Courtney, the Abbey’s Bursar, said: “Whilst our...
“Transition” is the inspiration behind an exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture in the grounds of Buckfast Abbey this season.
The variety of the work is catholic in the broadest sense and opened on Saturday the 8 of June, running until the end of October.
Eight Devon artists have been chosen and their imagination and ideas have been expressed in wood, resin, stainless steel and stone. Although smaller in number this year the works sit and breathe easily in open space and in the smaller gardens in the Abbey grounds.
“Transition” is the inspiration behind an exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture in the grounds of Buckfast Abbey.
Eight Devon artists have been chosen and their imagination and ideas have been expressed in wood, resin, stainless steel and stone. Although smaller in number this year the works sit and breathe easily in open space and in the smaller gardens in the Abbey grounds.
The event is organised by Dartmouth Contemporary Arts. For more information email: mail@dartmouthcontemporaryarts.co.uk or visit the website www.dartmouthcontemporaryarts.co.uk
