The ten sites also include the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Park, at the artist’s home and studio at St Ives, Cornwall, and the Minack Theatre perched on cliffs at Porthcurno, Penzance, Cornwall.
They form part of heritage agency Historic England’s campaign and podcast series Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places.
The full list:
– Angel of the North, Gateshead
– Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
– Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Park, St Ives
– St Paul’s Cathedral
– Kelmscott Manor, Kelmscott, Oxfordshire
– Chatsworth House, Bakewell, Derbyshire
– Tate Modern, London
– Sutton Hoo, Suffolk
– Coventry Cathedral, West Midlands
– The Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, Penzance
Art, architecture and sculpture is the ninth out of 10 categories unveiled, which also include science and discovery, sport and leisure, faith and belief and industry, trade and commerce, with details about the latest sites in a new podcast.
A final category, “power, protest and progress”, is still yet to be revealed.
The sites which tell the history of England’s art, architecture and sculpture have been selected by BBC arts editor Will Gompertz, from hundreds of public nominations.
They include Anglo-Saxon treasures in a boat burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, designer William Morris’ Cotswold retreat and source of inspiration, Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire, and the magnificent…
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