Pete and Moira Huggins bought this fabulous building in early 2025 and have been working hard to regenerate it into a home and a centre for the arts.

As well as exhibitions of contemporary art and sculpture the South Quay Gallery will be housing the extensive collection of works that they have acquired over many years.

Pete is well-known in art circles. His skills as a professional photographer are often called upon to record and publicise art events. If you visit Houghton Hall, for example, to see one of their high profile exhibitions by artists such as Anish Kapoor or Damien Hirst, you will most certainly have come across Pete’s work as he is the person providing the imagery for the catalogues and accompanying publications. He has a good rapport with the artists he has worked alongside and has often bought works from them to add to his collection.

Both Pete and Moira are especially interested in ceramics and you will see examples of works by such luminaries as Bernard Leach, Martin Smith, Robin Welch, Michael Finn, Michael Casson and Joanna Constantinedis in this exhibition.