Broughton Gallery
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The Broughton Gallery is an art gallery
in the Scottish Borders
area of Scotland
, in the village of Broughton.
The gallery was established in 1976 and offers works by contemporary British artists and craft makers. It is housed in Broughton Place, a historic house designed by Sir Basil Spence in 1936 in the style of a 17th century Scots Baronial tower house
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Art gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
in the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
area of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, in the village of Broughton.
The gallery was established in 1976 and offers works by contemporary British artists and craft makers. It is housed in Broughton Place, a historic house designed by Sir Basil Spence in 1936 in the style of a 17th century Scots Baronial tower house
Tower house
A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation.-History:Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages, especially in mountain or limited access areas, in order to command and defend strategic points with reduced forces...
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