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Some places leave a lasting mark on history. 🏡

Nestled in the heart of Felpham, Blake’s Cottage was once home to the visionary poet and artist William Blake. Today, the Blake Cottage Trust is working to preserve this remarkable piece of Sussex’s heritage so future generations can continue to discover its story.

The Trust is inviting local residents and visitors to complete a short survey to help shape the future of Blake’s Cottage. If this special place matters to you, please take a few minutes to share your thoughts. Every response will make a difference. 💚

Complete the survey via the link in the bio.

Video by YouTube: @thamesmedia

#SussexByTheSea #Felpham #WilliamBlake #WestSussex #Heritage taken in Blake's Cottage by @blakecottagetrust

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Bruce Dickinson, Patron of the Blake Cottage Trust, recently visited Felpham and was deeply moved to cross the threshold of the house where William and Catherine Blake lived between 1800 and 1803, a period of intense creativity, visionary experiences, and work of all kinds, inspired by the sea air and the green fields of the English countryside.

Watch the video produced by BBC Sussex, capturing this special moment in the history of the Blake Cottage Trust.

We are just one year away from the bicentenary of William Blake’s death. Help us celebrate his legacy and join our crowdfunding campaign to open the cottage in time for this significant anniversary. To donate, please visit the link in The Blake Cottage Trust bio. Every penny counts.

Follow The Blake Cottage Trust on Instagram for updates.

#blake200 taken in Felpham by @blakecottagetrust

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The Blake Cottage celebrates Allen Ginsberg's centennial with a Magical Mystery Tour! A wonderful group composed of Ginsberg's friends, collaborators and admirers visited the cottage, following the steps of Ginsberg himself, who was there 1979. Back then, he knocked on the cottage door and was happily welcomed by the residents. Musicians Thurston Moore, Steven Taylor and Gina Birch joined us in the visit. And so did Barry Miles, Ginsberg's biographer and lifelong friend.

In 2027 we celebrate the bicentennial of Blake's death and The Blake Cottage Trust is working strenuously hard to open the cottage to the public and celebrate Blake's life and legacy. Help us to make it happen. The Blake Cottage Crowfunding campaign has just been launched and every contribution makes a difference. Visit the link in bio or the cottage's website to learn more.

#Blake200

Many, many thanks to @allenginsbergofficial , @swedenborghouse and all the good people that made it happen. by @blakecottagetrust

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This is your chance to contribute an artwork to be part of a public sculpture which will permanently be housed in William Blake’s cottage garden in Felpham, West Sussex 🙌

Book your free place at @chichestercreativeartnetwork meetup this evening at 5.15pm to hear how you can be involved.

Blake’s cottage is undergoing a significant renovation in order to be open to the public next year. This is huge!! A cultural landmark on our doorstep.

#westsussexartist #blakescottage #bognorartist #chichesterartist #williamblake by @blakecottagetrust

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Together we are stronger: Local Volunteers help cleaning the cottage. 💪

The volunteers are doing an incredible job. Rooms and garden are now clear and tidy. Delia and Mensche, local supporters of The Blake Cottage Trust, who organised the volunteers have been spectacular. Thank you very much for all you've done!

If you Live in Felpham or nearby and want to help us somehow, please get in touch!

We are just one year away from the bicentenary of William Blake’s death. Help us celebrate his legacy and join our crowdfunding campaign to open the cottage in time for this significant anniversary. Every penny counts! Link to donate in bio. by @blakecottagetrust

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The Blake Cottage Trust
Design a Garden Competition

Over 200 children aged 9-11 from five local primary schools entered our design a garden competition.

After studying the opening to Blake’s ‘Auguries of Innocence’ children came up with their own rhyming couplets inspired by the natural world.

In our workshop they learnt about Blake’s love of nature and the our work towards opening the cottage for future generations to enjoy. We left them with the challenge of entering our garden design competition.

After careful deliberation our working group for the vision of the cottage chose three winners:🥇Wren Waller, 🥈Bella Abdo and 🥉Pippa Asker.

Overall the judges thought the finalist’s images were imaginative and inspiring. One judge particularly commended that those chosen for first and second place were both “evocative and made links to Blake’s relationship with nature.” They felt the couplet ‘Bloom where you are planted, this garden is enchanted’ was “a lovely sentiment and captures something of the magic and mystical energy of nature”. Another judge said of the third placed entry that it was “a wonderfully vibrant space inviting exploration and making the often forgotten insect world, through a bug hotel, part of the essence of the garden”.

Our many thanks to our trustee Suzannah Lloyd and to her students who submitted their drawings reimagining Blake’s garden. Let’s rebuild it together!

We are just one year away from the bicentenary of William Blake’s death. Help us celebrate his legacy and join our crowdfunding campaign to open the cottage in time for this significant moment. Link in bio.

#blake200 #nlhf by @blakecottagetrust

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🌟FULL OF FAIRY ELVES🌟

Fairy and Supernatural Belief in the Eighteenth-Century

On Monday 12th October, 7.30pm UK time, I will be hosting an event for @blakesociety. I've invited Dr Simon Young, folklore historian, to talk to us about fairy and folkloric belief in Blake's time. Blake's work absolutely teems with fairy and spirit creatures of all kinds. I wanted Simon, as a scholar from a different discipline, to talk to us and help us understand the context within which Blake was working.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME! You don't need to be a member of the Society to join in - it is free and open it all. Nor will you need to prove any knowledge of Blake. A little curiosity is all you need. We welcome curious folk.

More information and registration HERE:
https://blakesociety.org/events/

IMAGE: The Goblin. Illustration to John Milton – L’Allegro and Il Penseroso (one of a set of 12 works commissioned by Thomas Butts) by @blakecottagetrust

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A sunny afternoon walking back from the beach on Blakes road after visiting Blake's Cottage with Heritage Open Days
15.Sept.26
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Thank you so much
Nick Tyson from The Regency Town House @theregencytownhouse
@blakesociety
@blakecottagetrust
John Higgs @john.higgs Ambassador for Blake Cottage Trust
Bruce Dickinson @brucedickinsonhq
@allenginsbergofficial
@albionrosefilm
@sweet_felpham
& all the the good people who are making it happen 💞

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"Between 1800 and 1803 William and his wife Catherine, (1762-1831), lived in a small mid 18th century agricultural labourers cottage in Felpham, Sussex. Now owned by the Blake Cottage Trust, (Charity number: 1160716), the property is currently undergoing repair, in preparation for its public opening in 2027, the 200th anniversary of Blake's death.

This tour, led by Nick Tyson from The Regency Town House in Brighton, provides the opportunity to see repairs underway and to learn a little of the couple's seaside home, in which Blake is reputed to have penned the words to the UK's unofficial national anthem 'Jerusalem'."
/Heritage Open Days/

HELP SAVE & RESTORE WILLIAM BLAKE'S COTTAGE >>>
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-r22estore-william-blakes-cottage

Music performed by Fergus Morris @fergus_morris @theminuteparticulars

#WilliamBlake #Blake200 #visitengland #historicengland taken in Felpham by @blakecottagetrust

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The Blake Cottage participated in the Heritage Open Days on 15th September 2026.
Led by Nick Tyson from The Regency Town House in Brighton, it offered the public a unique opportunity to see repairs underway and to learn a little of the couple’s seaside home, in which Blake is reputed to have been inspired to write the UK’s unofficial national anthem ‘Jerusalem’.

Nick, an experienced historic building analyst and prominent figure in heritage conservation, has been working with the Trust to help restore and conserve it.

Our big thanks to Nick and to all those who made it happen!

We are just one year away from the bicentenary of William Blake’s death. Help us celebrate his legacy and join our crowdfunding campaign to open the cottage in time for this significant anniversary. Link in bio.

#Blake200 by @blakecottagetrust

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A very special day visiting Blake's Cottage
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Thank you so much
Nick Tyson from The Regency Town House
@blakesociety @blakecottagetrust
John Higgs @john.higgs Ambassador for Blake Cottage Trust
Bruce Dickinson @brucedickinsonhq Patron
@allenginsbergofficial
@albionrosefilm
@sweet_felpham
& all the the good people who are making it happen 💞

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"Between 1800 and 1803 William and his wife Catherine, (1762-1831), lived in a small mid 18th century agricultural labourers cottage in Felpham, Sussex. Now owned by the Blake Cottage Trust, (Charity number: 1160716), the property is currently undergoing repair, in preparation for its public opening in 2027, the 200th anniversary of Blake's death.

This tour, led by Nick Tyson from The Regency Town House in Brighton, provides the opportunity to see repairs underway and to learn a little of the couple's seaside home, in which Blake is reputed to have penned the words to the UK's unofficial national anthem 'Jerusalem'."
/Heritage Open Days/

Music 'The Chimney Sweeper' composed & performed by Fergus Morris @fergus_morris
@theminuteparticulars

HELP SAVE & RESTORE WILLIAM BLAKE'S COTTAGE >>>
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-r22estore-william-blakes-cottage

#WilliamBlake #Blake200 #blakescottage #visitengland taken in Felpham by @blakecottagetrust

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The event held on 12 September at The Blake Cottage, with master carpenter Joe Thompson, was a great success. Those who attended had the opportunity to learn more about the efforts of The Blake Cottage Trust to carefully restore the cottage’s timber structure and install a new thatched roof, as it would have been in Blake’s time. The aim is to recreate the distinctive “roof of rusted gold” that Blake was so fond of.

Our many thanks to Joe Thompson everyone involved in organising the event!

We are just one year away from the bicentenary of William Blake’s death. Help us celebrate his legacy and join our crowdfunding campaign to open the cottage in time for this significant anniversary. Any contribution counts! Link to donate in bio.

#Blake200 by @blakecottagetrust

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****LAST TICKETS AVAILABLE *****

Join us at The Blake Cottage in Felpham on Sunday 13 September for an afternoon of talks and tours with Joe Thompson, a renowned specialist carpenter, timber conservator and academic.
Joe will share with us his expertise on the history and construction of Blake’s Cottage, drawing on his work leading the repair and reconstruction of its roof. His talk will explore the cottage’s original form, function, setting and date, as well as its subsequent development, with particular attention to the period when William and Catherine Blake were tenants.
There will be four small-group tours, with a maximum of six people per tour:
1.00–1.45pm
2.00–2.45pm
3.00–3.45pm
4.00–4.45pm
£25 per person
Bookings via link in bio.

Places are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment.
All proceeds will support the restoration and future of Blake’s Cottage.
#blake200 by @blakecottagetrust

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