Paul Dodgson – Ridding Wood Trail – 1999
Two small houses built on the Ridding Wood Trail with the help of local schools.
“About 20 pupils from Sandgate School, Kendal, and Sandside Lodge School, Ulverston, have been working on the project over a two-month period, with artist in residence Paul Dodgson, helped by Derek Cowper.” – Westmorland Gazette 21st November 2000
Burpg’s House
Treeleaves Longh’s house
Material: Wood, Stone
Trail: Ridding Wood Trail
Theme: Buildings
Form: Representational – Houses
Maps Featured on: 2003 – 2006 & 2018 – 2020
Status: Still in situ
Burpg’s House suffering vandalism from coins being hammered into wooden parts.
“When the model houses were finished, the children discussed which features of each house they should incorporate into the two sculptures… Features included tiled floors, a pet dog with his own dog bowl, beef burgers and chips (modelled in clay) and even a couple of gargoyles perched on the roof ends.” – Westmorland Gazette 21st November 2000
Walking past in March 2024 and the two houses have been repaired, Treeleaves’ roof has had new wooden shingles added and Burpgs’ has had a lot of the damaging coins that had been hammered in, removed and re painted.
Photographs Taken September 2017
Artist’s other work in Grizedale – Shadow Faces of the Forest & Millom Family Day Out – 1999
Artist’s Website: pauldodgson.com
Page last updated August 2022
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