Herald - Issue 422

Page 6 • The HERALD • 21st April 2022 v PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 28 YEARS v Waterside Furnishings & Re-Upholstery 023 8020 7895 16 Marsh Parade, Hythe (Opposite Hythe Club) Est 2006 REPAIRS ANTIQUE, MODERN & MARINE REFURBISHED FURNITURE FOR SALE RE-UPHOLSTERY Acorn Building Contracts Ltd u Reliable, local builders offering affordable, quality workmanship u Our employees are fully qualified and fully insured u All aspects of building undertaken including extensions, structural alterations, roofing, ground works, kitchens, bathrooms, carpentry and plastering u Drawings arranged u Insurance work undertaken u Local Authority Approved Contractor For free quotations and friendly advice please call Office: 023 8024 3336 Mobile: 07786 656865 Email: acornbuilding@gmail.com or visit our website: www.acorn-builders.co.uk You will not be disappointed Chris Hopkins Painting, Decorating, Carpentry, Tiling Free Estimates Photographs & references available on request Telephone: 023 8081 5210 Mobile: 07986 806277 Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH A ‘Palace of Cows’ – What a Couple of Eccentric Rothschilds Did During Lockdown Exbury Gardens President, Nick de Rothschild and his artist wife Caroline spent the lockdown renovating Lower Exbury Farm buildings to create a beautiful new venue and art gallery - e Palais des Vaches. Starting with the magni cent milking parlour, a ectionately named the ‘Cow Palace’, which was built by Nick’s Grandfather, Lionel de Rothschild, one hundred years ago, Nick and Caroline worked with a team of local builders, artisans and cra speople to restore it, and the adjoining buildings and courtyard, to, “more than their former glory.” Beginning just before the pandemic hit in January 2020 a dedicated team of builders and other tradesmen completely renovated the Lower Exbury Farm buildings, nishing in July 2021. e result, a beautifully renovated venue and art gallery with event space large enough to host up to 200 guests which has been carefully designed to cater for a variety of events including celebrations and weddings, pop-up restaurants, educational talks and classes, corporate events and away days. e Palais des Vaches has magni cent views overlooking the Beaulieu River and the Isle of Wight across the Solent, with a butter y lled meadow in the summer. e walls of the Palais host a fabulous collection of ne works by many of Hampshire’s nest artists, sculptors and ceramicists, along with a host of fantastic sculptures both inside and out. “First and foremost, we are an art gallery, and we are immensely proud of our achievement; but Palais des Vaches is also designed as a venue that gives a Palais des Vaches Palais des Vaches owners Nick and Caroline de Rothschild with bronze Falcon sculptor Geoffrey Dashwood great party!” comments Caroline de Rothschild. Nick adds: “Our aim is simple: to establish Palais des Vaches as the foremost gallery and event space in Hampshire.” For more information visit: palaisdesvaches.co.uk Parking clocks are available to purchase from e New Forest District Council’s information o ce located at e Grove. eir opening hours are Monday and Tuesday 9.30am -12.30pm and 1.30pm- 4pm and Wednesday 9.30am to 1.30pm . You can also order your parking clock online at: www.newforest.gov . uk/parkingclock Where to Buy Parking Clocks in Hythe