A House for Essex

One of the more bizarre features of the peninsula leading out to Harwich is the House for Essex, Grayson Perry’s highly bizarre, but unexpectedly convincing weekend folly, which rises out from the ploughed fields:-

It is supposed to evoke a wayside chapel, but is more in the style of a gingerbread playhouse:-

I liked it:  a fantasy, but done with total conviction:-

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3 thoughts on “A House for Essex

  1. How have I never seen Grayson Perry’s ‘Gingerbread House’ (a brilliant description, Charles, and beautifully photographed)?

    It, and the church at Mistley, are delights. Thank you.

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