Woodend Gallery and Studios

The Woodend Gallery and Studios is an art gallery in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The building was constructed in the 1835, for the architect George Knowles. It was one of four villas, the others being Crescent House, Londesborough Lodge, and the White House. In 1870, it was purchased by the Sitwell family. The interior was later altered by George Sitwell. In 1924, the house was purchased by Scarborough Corporation, which converted it into a natural history museum. It housed the collection donated by James Jonathan Harrison, which had previously been displayed in the town library. However, the museum did not open until 1951. The museum closed in the 1990s, with the exhibits placed in storage. Management of the building was passed to the Scarborough Museums Creative and Cultural Trust in 2005, and in 2007, the building was converted into the Creative Industries Centre, housing an art gallery and studios. The gallery hosts temporary exhibitions of contemporary art. The building is constructed of stone with a string course, a cornice and a blocking course, and a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys and an attic, fronts of five bays, and a two-storey extension on the west. On the north front is a doorway with incised panelled pilasters, scroll brackets and a cornice, and the windows are sashes. The east front has a tall stair window, and on the south front is a continuous balcony on a segmental arched arcade. The building has been grade II* listed since 1953.

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Scarborough Art Gallery

Scarborough Art Gallery is an art gallery in the town of Scarborough, in North Yorkshire, England. It is housed in a Grade II* Italianate villa in Scarborough’s Crescent, designed by Richard Hey Sharp (1793–1853). The gallery is administered by the Scarborough Museums Trust and is open to the public. Its permanent collection has been developed over the past seventy years through gifts, bequests and purchases.

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Valley Bridge

Valley Bridge is a road bridge in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It spans Ramsdale and was built in 1865. It was first built as Lendal Bridge, York, but it collapsed there and was later brought to Scarborough.

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The Crescent, Scarborough

The Crescent is a historic terrace of houses in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The terrace was designed between 1832 and 1833 by R. H. and Samuel Sharp, as part of a development which included Belvoir Terrace and four villas. However, the terrace's fifteen houses were not completed until about 1857. George Sheeran describes them as bringing "a new standard to the area in the design of terraced houses", and displaying "a cool conformity in their frontages". There is a communal garden area in front of the terrace. The terrace was grade II* listed in 1953. The terraces are built of stone, the ground floor with horizontal rustication, and have a hipped slate roof. Most of the houses have three bays, and the six bays at each end project slightly. Steps with iron railings lead up to the doorways, which have architraves and oblong fanlights. Above the ground floor is a stone balcony with decorative cast iron railings, between the houses on the upper two floors are pilasters, the middle floor contains French windows, the other windows are sashes, and on the roofs are dormers.

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Londesborough Lodge

Londesborough Lodge is a historic building in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The building was constructed in 1839, as one of four villas - the others being Crescent House, the White House, and Woodend House. It was originally named Warwick House, but in 1853 it was purchased by William Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough and became popularly known by his name. He extended the house and altered the interior. Londesborough hosted the future Edward VII of the United Kingdom in the house on several occasions. In 1925, the house was purchased by the Scarborough Corporation, and variously served as a tourist office, museum, and Turkish baths. In 1983, it became a district office of BBC Radio York, which remained there until 2009. It has since served as the Kagyu Samye Dzong Scarborough Tibetan Buddhist Centre. The building has been grade II listed since 1973. The house is built of stone and has bracketed moulded overhanging eaves and a shallow hipped slate roof. It has two storeys and an irregular plan, consisting of a projecting main block with three bays, and splayed wings with one bay each. The doorway has panelled pilaster strips and a cornice on console brackets, and the windows are sashes. The garden front has a canted projection with a balcony.

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