The Landmark Trust (LT) is celebrating its 50th anniversary year through a series of special events, including the launch of commissioned sculptures by Antony Gormley in five historic properties, and a call for entries from charities and educationl bodies to submit proposals for nominations for free stays in its historic buildings, with a deadline 4 January 2015.
The Landmark Trust writes:
The Landmark Trust has launched 50 for Free, a scheme that gives charities free breaks in remarkable buildings. The Trust, a historic buildings charity, is inviting organisations to apply now on behalf of groups or individuals they think would benefit from fifty free breaks in March 2015, such as carers, volunteers, families facing challenges and educational and non-profit groups.
A part of this year’s 50 for Free, Landmark is offering stays in a broad spectrum of amazing properties in a wide range of locations, including an old school, stable block, canal-side cottage and former railway station. The list includes some of the Trust’s most popular and spectacular buildings: Goddards in Surrey, an Arts and Crafts masterpiece built by Edwin Lutyens as a retreat for working women in the 1890s; an1820s lighthouse keeper’s cottage on the island of Lundy; and the Grange in Ramsgate, where A N W Pugin, the Victorian designer and architect, created his Gothic Revival landscape.
LAND
The Landmark Trust is pleased to announce an exciting collaboration with sculptor Antony Gormley as the centrepiece of their 50th anniversary celebrations in 2015.
LAND comprises five distinct life-size standing sculptures by Antony Gormley cast in iron and installed at five Landmark Trust sites personally selected by the artist:
- Martello Tower, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- Clavell Tower, Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
- Saddell Bay, Mull of Kintyre, Scotland
- Lengthsman’s Cottage, Lowsonford, Warwickshire
- Lundy Island, Bristol Channel
Landmark Trust on LAND and on 50forfree
