St Edmund’s Chapel - Ladywell Guardian
Priory Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 9RG
Inspired by the street in Dover - Ladywell – the installation tells the story of the ancient well guardian as time has passed from pre-history into modern day. Ladywell runs alongside Maison Dieu and the actual well was in fact built over at some point, having been previously accessible to people to descend stone steps to its chalk fed waters. Evidence of the well remains under the stone floor in the far North West corner of the Maison Dieu building.
The installation is a single piece of fabric manipulated to create a style of dress known as a 'peplos' and which was worn by women for many centuries across many cultures. On the surface of the dress is a complex layering of applique, print and embroidered words. A dizzying array of names and subdivision of geological time is ‘written’ in these techniques across the fabric right up to up to the current Anthropocene - the human age.
The dress asks viewers to consider their place in geological space and time, learn more about a local historical landmark, and to listen carefully to what the Ladywell spirit has to say.
Timings & Tours
- Sunday 08 September:
- 1000-1230 and 1330-1600
- Wednesday 11 September:
- 1000-1230 and 1700-1900
Location & directions
Priory Road, Dover, Kent, CT17 9RG
- Contact on day:
- Jenni Cresswell
- Telephone number:
- +447951146547
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Accessibility details
Short steps to chapel site.
