Norman Lindsay Home and Gallery
Today we had lunch with some friends from
Christ Church at the
Norman Lindsay cafe. This lovely little cafe is in the grounds of the
Norman Lindsay house and gallery. There are many tables scattered around in the gardens, but we chose to sit inside where we had the benefit of the air conditioning on such a hot day. We spent a very pleasant couple of hours enjoying a nice meal and chatting with our friends.
Here is one of
Norman Lindsay's sculptures in the front garden. The house is made of sandstone and is heritage listed. It is now an art gallery and museum.
Norman Lindsay carried out many renovations to the house. When he bought it in 1912 it was falling into disrepair and the floorboards were full of termites.
Norman Lindsay's sculptures were all executed in
cement, an unusual medium at the time, and one which Lindsay himself had to learn to master. Most of these
sculptures are now noticeably weathering and reduced to powdery dust on fingers and drapes so the
National Trust are having them replicated in
bronze.
A rather magnificent
Grecian urn in which I think I would have planted something more spectacular than what is in it. I am not sure whether there are gardeners employed to look after the grounds. From the appearance, I think the gardens are rather neglected as I saw wisteria rampant and out of control on a front fence and many garden beds left bare and overrun with grass.
4 comments:
I like that cafe too. And I like the sculptures in the garden but don't much like his paintings inside the house. My garden has rampant wisteria at the moment but it too could be described as neglected.
Sorry I have just discovered that my comments have been getting lost in ether for the past couple of days, that is why I may have been quiet on your blog.
It does sound like the place requires some gardening work to be done.
Thank you Joan Elizabeth. This was my first post for the year so I'm happy to receive your comment. I've had a bit of a rest over the New Year period. Our garden also could be described as neglected, especially as at the moment the lawn is full of dandelions!
Nice to hear from you William and thank you for finding my blog. It is hard to keep up the maintenance on a garden, especially when the weather is so hot!
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