An estate agent has listed a Grade II-listed Georgian property in Bristol with a unique clause: the buyer must agree to keep a street art mural permanently on the building's facade. The artwork, 'Well Hung Lover,' depicts a man hanging from a window ledge with a cheated rival and a woman in the scene. The mural was originally painted on the wall of a sexual health clinic in 2006, unbeknownst to the artist.
The estate agent says: ‘The purchaser will be required to accept a restrictive covenant … ensuring that the image cannot be removed from the building.’The estate agent says: ‘The purchaser will be required to accept a restrictive covenant … ensuring that the image cannot be removed from the building.’The work, known as Well Hung Lover , shows an image of a man hanging from a window ledge as a cheated rival searches for him and a woman stands by.
It appeared in 2006 on the wall of a sexual health clinic, though the street artist is said not to have realised what the building was.The building is a Grade II-listed Georgian property over five floors just off Park Street in the city, close to Bristol Cathedral and the University of Bristol. The basement operates as a nightclub but the estate agent says there is potential for conversion into student flats or apartments..
The estate agent says there is no official Bristol city council policy on street art whether it is by Banksy – Bristol’s finest – or others. It says: “It is recognised that street art is created not as a permanent work of art but as a form of protest which is usually, but not always, created illegally and without the permission of the owner of the building. As such, the life of any image as a work of art will evolve and change over time depending on how the work weathers or indeed is subsequently painted over or removed.”
But it adds: “Accordingly the purchaser will be required to accept a restrictive covenant in the lease ensuring that the image cannot be removed from the building, however, the vendor will not require a positive obligation on the purchaser to maintain the artwork or insure it for as long as it shall remain visible and in place on the building.
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