John Constables early studio - East Bergholt, Suffolk
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Moss Cottage, John Constable's early studio, East Bergholt
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Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/30/2014
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Located opposite the village shop in the centre of East Bergholt, you can find John Constable's studio on Cemetary Lane. This is now the reception for the village's garage.
"1802 - rents his first studio (for four and a half old pennies a year), called Moss Cottage in East Bergholt where he worked undisturbed with John Dunthorne(senior)". John Dunthorne's house is to the left in the photograph.
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"Cottage. Probably C17 restored C20. Timber-framed, rendered, part underbuilt in brick. Plain tile roof. Red brick stack. Single storey and attic. Gable end to road underbuilt in painted brick has C20 windows, 3-light to ground floor, 2-light above. Right return has 2 C20 doors. Half-hipped mansard roof with central stack. Used as a studio by the young John Constable. Restored by the East Bergholt Society."
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