WIP Space
Welcome to WIP Space where we are quite literally a work in progress.
This is an artist-run studio that was founded by artist Mark Nader in response to a lack of long-term studio provision for creative practitioners in London. It has been co-founded and developed by those in Art, Finance, Horticulture and Publishing.
Wentworth House was a site made possible with a lot of dreaming, hard work, the help of friends and family, and like anything, a bit of luck. It’s been a long road. We spent many hours sawing, sanding, drilling, painting and plastering, imagining the community that might form here.
Offically open in 2024 Wentworth House is a mixed use site that houses 17 studio spaces, a project space with two attached artist residencies, gallery space, communal rooms and a bookable community meeting room. We have also developed two Live / Work flats for the managers as part of this new model of artist run studios.
We aim to create a community studio space with a diverse programme of events and exhibitions, where locals enable locals.
The history of the building
Wentworth House is a grade II listed Georgian building, built in the early 18th Century. It has plenty of character! It was home to the Wentworth Family whose firm manufactured beam engines, and supplied two to the Ram Brewery across the road (brewing on-site since 1533). One of the engines is on display at the Heritage Centre.
Wentworth House is one of the surviving residential buildings from Wandsworth’s first phase of industrialisation, when proprietors lived next to or within their businesses. This history has been reflected in our model for studio buildings and where those involved in the space, also have live work units.
