The Bloomsbury Group were an group of artists and writers who met in London during the first half of the 20th century. We visited three of their homes.
Perhaps the best known of the group is Virginia Woolf. Virginia and her husband had a house in London, but they spent a lot of time at Monks House near Lewes.
They often entertained visitors in tbe house and the lovely garden.
Living room, painted green, with furniture painted by Virginia's sister Vanessa, and partner Duncan Grant, who lived near by.
Living room. All the furniture is as Virginia and Leonard left it.
Suitably bookish stairs.
Virginia's bedroom with more books and painted furniture and views of the garden.
Her writing studio in the garden. "A Room of one's own"
Virginia and Vanessa could walk to each other's houses as they are about 4 miles apart.
Charleston House, where Vanessa lived with her children, her lover Duncan Grant, his male lover ( who later married their daughter), and after a few years, Vanessa's husband. Rather complicated and unorthodox, to put it politely.
No photography was allowed inside, but many of the walls and furniture was covered with hand painted designs by the artists. The photos below will give you some idea of what the inside of the house was like. The floral design was painted by Vanessa on the pulpit of the local church. The minister asked the artists to paint the walls and ceiling after the church was damaged during WWII.
TBC
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