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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Ruth Corbett

‘If Walls Could Talk, the Level of Chatter Would Be Cacophonous’ – See Inside an Old Artist’s Retreat Whose Radical Renovation Still Honors Its Impressive Legacy

Dining room.

Built in the 1920s during the post-war years of renewed optimism, the very bones of this house in St Ives, Cornwall, are steeped in artistry, cultural change, and history. If walls could talk, the level of chatter would be cacophonous.

It’s a house that has entertained important names from the St Ives School of artists; luminaries such as Barbara Hepworth, Patrick Heron, Bernard Leach, Peter Lanyon, and even Mark Rothko when he visited Cornwall in 1959 have gathered here.

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