FOWLERS YARD
Creative Workspaces in The Heart of Durham City.
Creative Workspaces in The Heart of Durham City.
Freya Lillie Ltd a sustainable luxury fashion brand. All of their clothing is handmade to order in England. They design and manufacture timeless clothing for women and children using 100% linen and organic cottons.
Ashcroft Jewellery Design is home to Andrew Ashcroft FIPG, Goldsmith and Jewellery Designer. Andrew specialises in creating bespoke wedding and engagement rings along with a wide variety of other jewellery.
Anja Percival opened her printmaking studio in 2002 and is an established professional artist. She was awarded Printmaker of the Year at Printfest 2010. Anja specialises in hand-drawn etching on copper. Recent work depicts urban spaces infiltrated by different qualities of light.
Tracy A Franklin trained and worked at the Royal School of Needlework before starting her freelance career as a Specialist Embroiderer. She uses hand stitch techniques traditionally and with contemporary style. These include gold work, silk shading, and white work.
Redfox was launched in 2007 by Stuart Hogarth. They offer in house 3D CAD services, CNC Machining and Programming. From medical components to museum exhibits the scope of work Redfox get involved in is vast and varied.
Juliet Percival is an award-winning freelance medical illustrator. Juliet works for publishing clients in London and abroad, she also produces local sketches and imagery for bespoke gifts and stationary.
Leonard's offers a perfect place to relax with food, drink and friends. There is a great food menu, cake selection and a unique fairtrade blend of coffee.
fowlers yard DH1 3EN, Durham, Durham, England, United Kingdom
Back Silver Street Durham County Durham DH1 3RA
Fowlers Yard is an unexpected pocket of creativity, tucked away down on the banks of the River Wear in Durham. It’s an artistic community that lies literally moments away from the buzzing historic and retail heart of Durham City Centre.
Wander beyond Durham’s cobbled streets, down the ancient steps from Silver Street or through the back doors of the Indoor Market, and you’ll come across a collection of small, red brick buildings with traditional barn doors and cast iron swinging wall signs. Visitors will enjoy the little oasis of calm that surrounds these artisan workspaces, as these creative small businesses offer a welcome break from the mainstream commercial shops, just yards away.
Fowlers Yard is a unique development of creative workspaces for professional artists, craftspeople and creative businesses. Transformed from their original purpose as stables and warehouses, the buildings have also been used as scout huts, and a recording studio including practice room for musicians. Since shortly after the millennium, Durham City Council have been renting the buildings to artists. The studios bear the individuality of each tenant, and visitors have the opportunity to meet the artists and observe many different creative processes in action. Fowlers Yard is also home to the City Theatre and Leonard’s Coffee House, and together with the studios, this community forms the growing cultural quarter within the city.
Despite it’s transformations, Fowlers yard has managed to retain its’ authentic charm whilst much of Durham city is being so heavily redeveloped. It’s a street with real character, and the members of Fowlers Yard are all passionate about keeping hand-crafted skills alive. The Yard is firmly established, as several of the tenants have been there well over 10 years, with the newer inhabitants positively adding to it’s creative diversity. There is no other artistic corner like this in central Durham!