The Allen Gallery

An intimate setting for one of the South's most outstanding ceramics collection with regular special exhibitions, coffee shop and garden.

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  Outstanding ceramics collections - Nearly 2,000 examples of English, continental and oriental pottery, porcelain and tiles from 1250 to the present day.
  
  See the Sir Jacob Epstein sculpture Dolores.

   

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  The gallery hosts new exhibitions every few weeks. A wide variety of topics are featured including National and regional touring exhibitions of art, crafts, photography, local history and natural history, as well as the work of local artists, societies and collectors.

   

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  W H Allen local artist
  Many of W H Allen's delightful watercolours and oil paintings are regularly displayed including landscape scenes of the local East Hampshire countryside at the beginning of the 20th century.

   

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  Allen Gallery shop
  The perfect place to find a special gift for a friend - or a treat for yourself!
  
  Fresh coffee and home-made cakes available in the comfortable coffee lounge, with displays of work by local artists, societies and collectors.

   

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  The gallery buildings date from the16th and 18th centuries. Behind the gallery a charming walled garden provides a peaceful retreat in the middle of Alton. In the summer months, the garden is often the venue for outdoor sculpture exhibitions. Also see the Alton Sculpture Trail