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Drawing

1987 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This is one of a series of designs for the refurbishment of the interior of Bodelwyddan Castle, which was carried out between 1988 and 1989. In 1988, the castle was purchased by Clwyd County Council with the intention of transforming it into a museum and art gallery. Up until 2017, the tower of the castle housed a long term loan of 130 paintings from the National Portrait Gallery, and the refurbishment by Roderick Gradidge was commissioned to prepare the space for this display. The castle was originally built as a manor house in the mid 15th century, and was remodelled as a castle in the gothic style between 1830 and 1832. Roderick Gradidge was an expert on Arts & Crafts and Victorian architecture, and Bodelwyddan Castle was one of the many restoration projects to historic buildings and interiors that he undertook over the course of his career.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Adhesive, paper, correcting fluid, gummed tape, tracing paper, paper, collage, Xerox, photocopy
Brief description
One of fourteen sheets of designs by Roderick Gradidge for the interior of Bodelwyddan Castle, Denbighshire, Wales. Collage, 1987
Physical description
Collaged elevations and perspectives from designs photocopied from reproductions of 19th century interiors and the architect's own designs. Photocopies, Xerox, some on tracing paper, cut out and pasted, with additional white correcting fluid and commercially lettered gummed tape.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.7cm
  • Width: 25cm
Production typeDesign
Production
Gradidge composed these designs by photocopying reproductions and then cutting, juxtaposing, reducing and enlarging the copies, along with his own designs. The sources include several illustrations from Peter Thornton’s Authentic Décor: The Domestic Interior 1620-1920, London 1984.
Place depicted
Associations
Summary
This is one of a series of designs for the refurbishment of the interior of Bodelwyddan Castle, which was carried out between 1988 and 1989. In 1988, the castle was purchased by Clwyd County Council with the intention of transforming it into a museum and art gallery. Up until 2017, the tower of the castle housed a long term loan of 130 paintings from the National Portrait Gallery, and the refurbishment by Roderick Gradidge was commissioned to prepare the space for this display. The castle was originally built as a manor house in the mid 15th century, and was remodelled as a castle in the gothic style between 1830 and 1832. Roderick Gradidge was an expert on Arts & Crafts and Victorian architecture, and Bodelwyddan Castle was one of the many restoration projects to historic buildings and interiors that he undertook over the course of his career.
Collection
Accession number
E.2507-1991

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