Broomhill Art Hotel, North Devon

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=170 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="artotels.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Artotels"><U>Art'otels</U></A></div> <div> <B>Broomhill Art Hotel, North Devon</B></div> <div> <A HREF="merrion.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Merrion Hotel, Dublin"><U>Merrion Hotel, Dublin</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="siru.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hotel Siru, Brussels,"><U>Hotel Siru, Brussels,</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="hotel_holt_iceland.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hotel Holt, Reykjavik, Iceland"><U>Hotel Holt, Reykjavik, Iceland</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hotel Puerta America, Madrid"><U>Hotel Puerta America, Madrid</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hotel Urban, Madrid"><U>Hotel Urban, Madrid</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="kunstler.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hotel Kunstlerheim Luise, Berlin"><U>Hotel Kunstlerheim Luise, Berlin</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#CCCCE4" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#663366" FACE="Arial" >Artful Hotels of the World</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#663399" FACE="Times New Roman" >    </FONT> |    <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#6633CC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Artful Hotels of the World"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" >back to</FONT> <B> </B><A HREF="europe.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Europe and Britain"><U><B>Europe and Britain</B></U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="055f0030.png" border=0 width="496" height="3" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Broomhill Art Hotel, North Devon</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Nestling in one of North Devon's most glorious valleys, the Broomhill Art Hotel is surrounded by hundreds of acres of beautiful wooded grounds and is bound by its own stream.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Displayed on 10 acres of gardens are over 300 sculptures by more than 30 international sculptors.  The gallery features work by a number of artists who have been associated with Broomhill for many years, as well as some new painters.  There is a permanent display of ceramics and sculptures from most of the artists for sale in the gallery boutique.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="10" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="570" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#006633 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 253 WIDTH="247"><bR> <div> <B>Built in 1913, Broomhill was badly run-down when Rinus and Aniet van de Sande first saw it in 1994.  They bought it and opened it as a hotel in June 1997. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Broomhill is a late Victorian hotel with five comfortable rooms and an artist’s ‘garret’ room. The rooms are light and airy,   with an intimate dining room and a gallery and works of art around the house to enjoy.</B></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1600bda0.jpg" border=0 width="267" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>Space Frame</B></I><I>,</I> by Nadin Senft</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 204 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d5f7b90.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="280"><bR> <div> <B>At Broomhill the artists' works are displayed in a domestic-type environment.  In addition to the gallery and sculpture garden, there is a broader art program that includes music and poetry.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The converted ballroom is used as a gallery  for the monthly program of exhibitions.  The sculpture trail in the nine acres of gardens, which tumble down to a river valley, is beautifully sited with sculptures.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 431 WIDTH="247"><bR> <div> <I><B>Flock</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>The original templates for the piece were made by tracing cow and calf skins, destined to be processed for leather.   The piece is presented at Broomhill as a flock; each sculpture is identified by a tag the way every farm animal in the UK has been post the recent foot and mouth outbreak.</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>"Independently of the group, each of the six coloured pieces can be considered in terms of their exterior and interior sculptures which talk about the relationship between two materials. The exterior sculptures have been forced to maintain their curves and now manipulate the flexible duplicate sheets to mimic their own form. While the exterior bears work scars from the brutal processes which have shaped it, the interior material flexes into position with relative ease and fluency. "</B></I></div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1611bd40.jpg" border=0 width="283" height="212" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>Flock</B></I><B>,</B> by Jackie Brown</div> <div> steel and fiberglas resin</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0d92be00.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>