Following proverbial advice, the roof of the Shippon at Cylinders Estate has been fixed whilst the sun has been shining, with local builder Mike Hodgson retaining as many of the original slates as possible and only replacing with local Lake … Continue reading →

In July, Ferdinand Saumarez Smith and Gabriel Coleman travelled to the Lake District to present Factum Foundation’s plans for Cylinders Estate at the Langdale Gala, a community-led festival in Dungeon Ghyll.  Alongside Factum’s stall displaying books and facsimiles, Adam Sutherland, … Continue reading →

Over the past two months, work has continued on the physical as well as the historical reconstruction of the Merz Barn and Cylinders Estate. In early April, Ferdinand Saumarez Smith (Director of Factum Foundation London) visited the artist Stephen Buckley … Continue reading →

Cylinders Estate, the site of Kurt Schwitters’ Merz Barn, is named after the charcoal burners of the former gunpowder factory opposite. For two (apparently extremely unusually) sunny weeks in March, it was an explosion of snowdrops and daffodils, while initial … Continue reading →

The work to restore the Cylinders Estate is ongoing. Dangerous and diseased trees were removed by local tree surgeon Joe Leaper. In mid-‘März’, a team from Factum Foundation will commence initial restoration work on the Shippon, an old blacksmith’s forge, … Continue reading →

It is with great pleasure that, as of September 2024, Factum Foundation London announces the acquisition of the Cylinders Estate in Elterwater. Littoral Trust contacted the Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation in 2023 to request assistance in taking … Continue reading →