MC/12/5
Reference code
MC/12/5
Level of description
Item
Title
"Bellview" Apartment in the Close: Guest Book
Date
5 Jun 2016 - 25 Aug 2018
Quantity & Format
1 book
Description
A purpose-made hard-back book (24.5cm x 19.5cm) bound in turquoise and grey cloth with "Guest Book" stamped in silver on the front cover.
Untitled, but evidently used to record guests and their comments when an apartment in 32 The Close was let as short-term accommodation and called "Bellview", from its position adjacent to the former Bell Tower.
On the first page, in calligraphic italic script, "We hope you have enjoyed your stay in the Close - please share your comments and thoughts". There are no other identifying features.
The entries cover the period from 5 June 2016 until 25 August 2018 and records visitors from various parts of England, Scotland and Wales as well as from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, The Netherlands and the USA.
The artist Kate Giles visited in September 2016 when attending the opening of the "Constable in Context" exhibition at The Salisbury Museum, and has stuck into the book a postcard of one of the two paintings she exhibited there, "And So It Goes II (after Constable's 'Salisbury Cathedral acreoss the Meadows') 2007/8".
Language
English