New Art Centre and Sculpture Park

The New Art Centre, Roche Court Sculpture Park is a commercial gallery set in the rolling Wiltshire countryside, near Salisbury, the New Art Centre is a specialist in 20th- and 21st-century art.

Established in Sloane Street, London in 1958, in 1994, the gallery moved from London to its current location at Roche Court, East Winterslow in Wiltshire. The park and woodlands which surround the house enable us to focus on exhibiting outdoor sculpture, making the New Art Centre, Roche Court Sculpture Park a pioneer of the commercially-run sculpture park in the UK.

Since 1958, the gallery has championed showing young and emerging artists as its core ambition. Today, the gallery continues to show those artists who first exhibited with us decades ago. Now in mid- or late-career, we site those artists in the gardens and in our award-winning contemporary indoor spaces.

The Gallery & Orangery:
The first indoor gallery opened in 1998. The building comprises an entire wall of floor to ceiling windows that connect the main house, originally built in 1804, to the nineteenth-century Orangery. The building was conceived on the basis that any exhibition on view could be enjoyed from the outside. The Gallery & Orangery adopts a material language seen throughout our contemporary spaces, including frameless glass, oak, Chilmark stone and smooth natural render.

The Artists House:
Completed in 2001, the aim of the Artists House was to provide a contemporary domestic space for the display of smaller works of art. The space was inspired in part by Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, a place celebrated for the way it unites artwork and the quotidian, bringing exceptional pieces into a setting that is modest, liveable, and tranquil.

The Design House:
Located in Roche Court’s walled garden, the Design House opened in 2018 as our most recent addition. Using the original Garden Cottage as a starting point, Stephen Marshall transformed and enlarged the original building to create a unique blend of gallery and living space. The building is a functional home. Like the Artists House, the aim of this space is to encourage visitors to see how painting, sculpture, ceramics and furniture can coexist and provide joy in the home.

The Roche Court Educational Trust
The Roche Court Educational Trust is a charity that brings children and young people to Roche Court Sculpture Park, teaching them to look, think and speak about British modern art. By creating an open and engaging environment centred around discussion, observation, and participation, we have found an effective way to nurture students’ confidence and communication skills. Established by Madeleine Bessborough in 2004, the Trust aims to realise her vision of inspiring young people to speak about art with confidence and understanding. Our approach places equal importance on visual awareness, creativity, and personal response, helping students engage with contemporary art in a supportive setting. Today at Roche Court, the Educational Trust continues its mission to inspire and educate the next generation to develop their speaking, listening, and critical thinking skills.