After working from the top floor of our home for the past 12 years , I have taken the plunge and moved into new serviced office accommodation in Scarborough’s Woodend Creative Workspace. The building which is a  grade II* listed marine villa was built in 1835 for the civil engineer George Knowles after which it became home to the Sitwell family in the 1870’s. Most recently it is remembered locally as housing the Borough Council’s Natural History collection.

A new wing of offices has been built onto the original house which houses gallery and exhibition space, and artists studios and  conference facilities. Artists,publishers,graphic designers and photographers have already started moving into the building which still feels and sounds a bit empty , but I’m sure as more people move in it will feel a bit more lived in.