Artist Commission

Creating a more connected and focused development

Client: Redrow Homes

Artist: Jason Mulligan

FrancisKnight have been appointed by Redrow Homes to produce a public art delivery plan for Bicknor Farm, Maidstone.  The delivery plan supports a full planning application for a prospective residential development of 302 dwellings (total of which 211 private and 91 affordable dwellings) at Bicknor Farm, Maidstone, Kent.

Bicknor Farm is historically agricultural meadowland.  A typical Kentish landscape, it benefits from mature trees, hedgerow boundaries and abundant wildlife. The site is flanked to the west by Bicknor Wood, which is a designated ancient woodland and close to Otham, a small parish. The existing ecology and landscape have influenced the approach for the public art, in particular the established trees and new village green both offering focal points and a place to site artwork to aid connectivity throughout the development.

The Lead Artist selected for the site is Kent-based sculptor Jason Mulligan.  Jason is a contemporary sculptor specialising in stone and has been involved in the fabrication and installation of a wide variety of public art projects across the UK and Eire. The images below are taken from Northern Ireland, Cobtree Park: Maidstone and Knights Wood Park: Tunbridge Wells.