Sculpture by the Lakes: 'Gloriously wild' .

Sculpture by the Lakes: 'Gloriously wild' - Telegraph
Admirers of great British sculpture gardens - whether classical parks such as Chatsworth House or inventive institutions such as the Jupiter Artland estate near Edinburgh - should brace themselves before visiting the country's latest "sculpture park". Sculpture by the Lakes is nothing like the grand estates set up by wealthy families to show off their vast estates or (often pretty eclectic) collections of art. And a grand National Trust property it most certainly is not.
Located on the outskirts of Pallington village in Dorset (whose main claim to fame is that T.E. Lawrence is buried nearby), the entrance is set in a lane of ordinary English cottages. An odorous farm lies next door, and giant electricity pylons loom ominously over its grounds.

But the appeal of this place, I soon discover, on parking alongside modern barns at the end of a gravel drive, is that it is the antithesis of anywhere else in Britain - and deliberately so. It is gloriously wild, and refreshingly different.
Unlike most sculpture parks, this one is devoted to the art of just one man: the owner, Simon Gudgeon. When the Yorkshire-born sculptor and his wife, Monique, bought the 26-acre property in 2007, it was a fishery surrounded by almost-derelict land.