{"id":39741,"date":"2024-04-26T17:48:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T16:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39741"},"modified":"2024-04-26T17:48:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T16:48:36","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-rons-place-saved-by-mystery-benefactor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=39741","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: \u2018Ron\u2019s Place\u2019 saved by mystery benefactor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-39742\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/paintbrush-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"213\" \/>After a 33-year transformation by artist Ron Gittins, a flat in Oxton filled with a range of fascinating art has been purchased by a mystery benefactor following a campaign to preserve it, reports the <em>Birkenhead News.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Birkenhead News <\/em>writes:<\/p>\n<p>Until his death in 2019 aged 79, Ron Gittins obsessively painted walls, ceilings and floors of his rented flat, creating an idiosyncratic living monument to his passion for ancient history.<\/p>\n<p>Ron also sculpted four massive concrete fireplaces, most notably, one in the form of a roaring lion\u2019s head and another in the form of a minotaur\u2026<\/p>\n<p>When the property was put up for auction\u2026 an anonymous benefactor stepped up and bought the property at auction to save the artwork.<\/p>\n<p>The Saving Ron\u2019s Place group revealed that the mystery donor had loaned the necessary \u00a3335,000\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Chris Johnson, Auctioneer at Smith and Sons commented, \u2018Ron\u2019s Place was inevitably the most talked about lot in the auction..\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birkenhead.news\/rons-place-saved-by-mystery-benefactor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a 33-year transformation by artist Ron Gittins, a flat in Oxton filled with a range of fascinating art has been purchased by a mystery benefactor following a campaign to preserve it, reports the Birkenhead News. image for illustration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39743,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39741\/revisions\/39743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}