the penwith gate
A documentary exploring the craft, skill and beauty found in a seemingly ordinary farm gate.
sun 8 mar
11:00pm
Museum in the Park, Stratford Park, Stroud, GL5 4AF
£8 (pay it forward) / £6 (standard) / £4 (low income/cost of living affected)
The humble Penwith Gate is at least 150 years old. Made by local blacksmiths at a time pre-dating arc welding, it is held together simply by nuts, and decorated with purely ornamental scrolls on the top bar. Artist/Blacksmith Peter Parkinson considers it a design classic, a perfect example of form following function. It came to be called the Penwith Gate because it was only ever made exclusively on the Land’s End Peninsula in Cornwall.
Followed by Q&A with director Mick Catmull, Peter Parkinson and guests.
Release date 2025
Directed by Mick Catmull & Peter Parkinson
Genre Documentary
Origin: United Kingdom