Purcell and Nissen Richards rework Wordsworth Museum in Lake District
17 May 2021 By Rob Wilson, photography by Gareth Gardner
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Source: Purcell
Source: Purcell
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Source: Nissen Richards Studio
Source: Nissen Richards Studio
Source: Nissen Richards Studio
Source: Nissen Richards Studio
Source: Nissen Richards Studio
Previously disparate buildings – including Wordsworth’s home, Dove Cottage – have been reconfigured and extended in the redevelopment
The museum at the edge of Grasmere in Cumbria sits in the landscape that profoundly inspired Wordsworth, a place he called ‘the loveliest spot that man hath ever found’.
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It reopens to the public today (17 May) following the five-year, £6.5 million project, which was supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The project was won by Purcell and Nissen Richards Studio in 2016 and was led for Purcell until 2019 by Rob Gregor
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