Weald and Downland Gridshell
The Weald and Downland Gridshell is a building designed by Buro Happold and Edward Cullinan Architects for the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum: it was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2002.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: museum in West Sussex, England
- Also known as: “Downland Gridshell (Workshop)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Weald and Downland Living Museum and The Trundle.
Weald and Downland Living Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Weald and Downland Living Museum is an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex. The museum is a registered charity. The museum covers 40 acres, with over 50 historic buildings dating from 950AD to the 19th century, along with gardens, farm animals, walks and a mill pond. Weald and Downland Living Museum is situated 920 feet west of Weald and Downland Gridshell.
The Trundle
Peak
Photo: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Trundle is a hillfort on St Roche's Hill about 4 miles north of Chichester, West Sussex, England. It was built in the Iron Age on the site of a causewayed enclosure, a form of early Neolithic earthwork found in northwestern Europe.
Fox Hall
Castle
Photo: Chris Thomas-Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fox Hall is a castle, which is situated 1 mile east of Weald and Downland Gridshell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charlton and West Dean.
Charlton
Village
Charlton is a small village in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies on the Singleton to East Dean road 5.3 miles and the River Lavant north of Chichester.
West Dean
Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
West Dean is a village, Anglican parish and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England 5 miles north of Chichester on the A286 road just west of Singleton.
East Dean
Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
East Dean is a village and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England. The village is in a valley in the South Downs, 5+1⁄2 miles north-northeast of Chichester on a narrow road between Singleton on the A286 and Upwaltham on the A285 road. East Dean is situated 2 miles east of Weald and Downland Gridshell.
Weald and Downland Gridshell
- Category: museum
- Location: Singleton, Chichester District, West Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.90669° or 50° 54′ 24″ northLongitude
-0.75665° or 0° 45′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C2XW64V+M8OpenStreetMap ID
way 76131550OpenStreetMap feature
building=shedWikidata ID
Q7978000
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