Entry Type

Members-only

The interior at Marchmont is arguably one of the finest in Scotland, and the house retains many of its original features, including the magnificent George II period plasterwork by Thomas Clayton, the pre-eminent plasterer of the time.

Under the direction of Hugo Burge the House has taken on a new lease of life as a Home to Makers and Creators.  This ethos extends into the estate where the outbuildings have been converted into artist studio and living spaces.

About Marchmont House

Marchmont House is an imposing ‘Grade A’ listed Palladian mansion built in 1750 by Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont. Long thought to have been designed by William Adam, it is possibly the work of the celebrated architect James Gibbs, and enacted by Thomas Gibson.

The interior at Marchmont is arguably one of the finest in Scotland, and the house retains many of its original features, including the magnificent George II period plasterwork by Thomas Clayton, the pre-eminent plasterer of the time.

Under the direction of Hugo Burge the House has taken on a new lease of life as a Home to Makers and Creators.  This ethos extends into the estate where the outbuildings have been converted into artist studio and living spaces.

About the Residency

The Marchmont Makers Foundation are offering a Marchmont House residency opportunity in partnership with the Royal Society of Sculptors. One Royal Society of Sculptors member will be selected to participate in a month long residency based at the Tower Studio. Onsite Hobbit Pod accommodation will also be available for the artist and one other for the duration of the residency.

The residency will run from 1 May until 29 May 2023 inclusively.

The successful artist will receive a £350 per week stipend and £500 towards travel costs (receipts will need to be provided).

The residency will be funded by Marchmont Makers Foundation.

The chosen recipient of the residency will respond to Marchmont, either the House or the natural environment in a way that inspires them or helps develop their current practice. Applications need to show Persuasion, Inspiration and Purpose and will be measured against:

  • Quality and Excellence
  • Open Opportunity based on talent
  • Create life changing/long term or significant impact
  • Create an opportunity that might not otherwise exist

How to Apply

Applications for the Marchmont House Residency 2023 are now closed. 

Current Winners

Current Winner

Billie Bond MRSS

We are pleased to announce the winner of Marchmont House residency, Berwickshire, Scotland. Billie Bond MRSS was selected for the 2023 residency from a high quality pool of applications from members of the Society.

In fact the competition judges were so impressed by the applications that they also granted a second, shorter residency to David Aston MRSS. David, responding to the history of the house, gardens and estate and using the historical fragments, geology and remnants found on site, plans to create a site-specific version of his Pergamon series for Marchmont House.

Read about Billie
Sculptor Billie Bond in her studio
The human form, in particular the portrait, and a compulsive enquiry of matter, fuels my creativity, often using a material’s history or experience to lead a figurative sculptural investigation. My work is concerned with identity, revealing the concealed, exposing the discarded, the overlooked and forgotten.

This funded residency award at Marchmont House will be a great opportunity to develop these ideas by searching for something hidden, lost or forgotten within the Estate. Exploring a loft-space, cellar, behind a wall or beneath the grass, in search of historic artefacts to inform a contemporary outcome and bringing a voice to something that would otherwise remain silent.

I am excited about the idea of meeting and learning from the other artists and historians onsite as well as the getting inspiration from the hidden corners of the Marchmont Estate; allowing time for contemplation; reimagination and an opportunity to leave something at Marchmont House that was not there before.

Billie Bond MRSS