The article notes that Salisbury, along with Suffolk, was a place most frequently painted by Constable, citing “Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows” as the work Constable considered to be his best (the work where the rainbow lands at the site of Leaden Hall).
It reports on the outcry amongst residents of Salisbury, art historians and a descendent of John Constable to the plans to convert Leaden Hall to offices and construct an archive building in the kitchen garden. Representatives of the Dean & Chapter, who the article notes have permitted the building to fall into a ‘state of disrepair’, are stated as suggesting that the works would not adversely affect the famous views captured by Constable, co