Purpose party was held on 30th March and I volunteered in that event as a student of Deniz Beck. I mostly did the social media coverage and assisted in few other aspects as well. It was an amazing event with an energetic crowd filled with talented people.
I got a chance to meet various artists and watch their artworks. Some were doing collages while the others were doing spray painting. There were a number of workshops as well.
it was a visual representation of how an empty building can be transformed in a day. The workshops were very informative and the collages were very creative.
The history of the dockyard was also elaborated. No.5 Boathouse, a Grade II listed building, originally built in 1807, and later rebuilt on the iron piles you see today, in 1882.
Originally built as a Mast House, it was later used for the construction, repair and storage of small boats, and more recently as a museum.
It stands as a pair with adjacent No.7 Boathouse (Grade II listed), over the Mast Pond (Grade II* Scheduled Monument), built in 1807 and 1665 respectively. The Mast Pond was dug by 40 soldiers paid 8d a day and 20 other men paid 13d a day, and used to keep timbers submerged for 20-30 years in order to season them. The Mast Pond was later reduced in size.
When the Boathouse was rebuilt on iron piles, it is most likely to be then, in 1882, when it changed from Mast House to Boat House use. It was used for this purpose up until 1973.
In 1984 the space was leased to the Mary Rose Trust for exhibition purposes, until closing in 2009 when the new Mary Rose Museum opened in the Dockyard.
Later, in 2014 the space was reverted back to boathouse use while adjacent No.4 Boathouse was refurbished.
Since, it has been used for two exhibitions and now remains empty, whilst the Sail Loft is used as a Volunteer's Mess Hall.
The garden to the rear of the Sail Loft was constructed in 2000 as an extension to the adiacent Porters Garden.
the interactive sessions were very interesting to watch.
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