Rook Lane Blog

April 18, 2019

A talk by Chris Romer Lee on his practice’s collaborate work with artists and water. Linking with the Rook Lane Exhibition ” Casting The World, The story of JW Singer & Sons’ via his relative Hamo Thornycroft. Thornycroft not only had multiple sculptures cast by the Singer Foundry in Frome, but also came from a family of world famous naval engineers.

April 8, 2019

Fergus will present a range of projects from the practice’s own self-build studio on a city farm next to Westminster Bridge through to Charlie Bigham’s factory, a new 6000m2 kitchen in a quarry near Wells and winner of the RIBA 2018 Building of the year south west. Along the way he will talk about the practices cultural work including The Weston, a new gallery embedded into the hillside on the eastern boundary of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and how craft, materials and a deep reading of sense of place shape their work.

April 2, 2019

Graham Bizley is an architect and writer based in rural Somerset. He established Prewett Bizley Architects with Robert Prewett in 2005 and moved out of London in 2011 to set up a Somerset office.

March 26, 2019

Fool! Performance by Jonathan Kay. Jonathan Kay – FOOL! What happens at a Jonathan Kay show? The unexpected..in the
most magical and delightful way! Jonathan Kay brings an evening of improvisation, fooling and spectacular performance. A show absolutely like no other you will ever see. Only a Fool could conjure up so rich and absurd a world from thin air. Jonathan can carry off just about anything in the moment with the audience of the moment.

March 11, 2019

40 incredible artists, three stunning venues, one weekend. Frome Art Fair gives artists a platform to showcase their work to a new, engaged audience, and offers visitors the chance to meet a wide range of artists and purchase their original work.

February 25, 2019

Cities and Towns across the world are struggling with the effects of car ownership: dangerous pollution levels, land-hungry parking requirements and traffic gridlock. How could we approach transport in a different way that would reduce all of these problems and make us fitter and healthier at the same time

January 10, 2019

Join architect Tom Russell to hear how housing design can learn from the freedoms of the campsite.

November 19, 2018

Charley has led some of the UK’s most important oak-frame conservation projects, including the restoration of the ceiling at
Windsor Castle and the restoration of Shackleton and Scott’s huts in Antarctica.

November 5, 2018

Held in the weeks running up to Christmas, the services take place in venues across the area served by the Hospice. The services all start at 6pm, last around 45 minutes and include readings, carols and the opportunity to light a candle in memory of a loved one. The services are open to everyone.

March 14, 2018

Join us at Rook Lane for a showcase of some of the talent usually seen at the St Laurence spring concert, organised to help fundraise for People against Poverty.