Hopkins Crank Ditchling Common East Sussex
Gill and Pepler came to
Hopkins Crank in 1913 to start their experimental religious community
The Gill buildings on Ditchling Common are:-
Hopkins Crank -- Gills House,
Little Crank -- Gills Dairy,
Crank Barn -- Gills workshop,
Woodbarton -- Designed and built by Gill 1921,
Woodbarton Cottage (The sorrowful mysteries)-- Designed and built by Gill in 1921,
Marysfield (now July House) -- Designed and built by Pepler in 1939 for his daughter Mary
Hopkins Crank and outbuildings from the tennis court
Drawing of Hopkins Crank
Hopkins Crank from tennis court 1920's
Hopkins Crank 1908
Hopkins Crank courtyard
Winter 1950
Courtyard of Hopkins Crank 1920
Courtyard of Hopkins Crank 1920
Tennis on the lawn 1920s
Eric Gill and family
Hopkins Crank with Gill children
Hopkins Crucifix
Plaque on Hopkins Crank, carved by John Skelton, Eric Gills nephew
Aerial view of Hopkins Crank