The house is a private residence without public access. Ring was for a while also the owner of an adjacent property at Brøndgade 1, which was used as an extra studio. This building was converted by a private association (L. A. Rings Venner) into a visitor center under the name L. A. Rings Atelier in 2017.
L. A. Ring: View of Sankt Jørgensbjerg and Roskilde Fjord. Winter Day (1915)
In 1913, Ring purchased a piece of land on Uglebjerg, a small hill in Sankt Jørgensbjerg, from St. Clare's Mill. A house designed by Ring's friend Andreas Clemmensen on the site the following year. It comprised a spacious studio.[4] The couple lived there with their three children Ghita (1899), Anders (1900) and Ole (1902).
Sigrid Ring died in 1923 and was buried in nearby St. Ib's Graveyard.[1] L. A. Ring continued to live in the house until his own death in 1933.
Later history
The house was then acquired by the historian Arthur Fang. It was later taken over by his daughter, Lotte Fang, a librarian and local historian.[4]
Architecture
The house is constructed in red brick in a style that combines influences from asymmetrical Danish villa architecture of the late 19th century with influences from Romantic Nationalism and Bedre Byggeskik.[4]
Above the main entrance are decorations with Renaissance-style masks and the interwoven initials of Sigrid and L. A. Ring. Their initials are also incorporated in the design of the rough iron garden gate.
Ring bought a half-timbered house on an adjacent property in Brøndgade with the intention of using it as an extra studio. He expanded the house but only used it sporadically and ended up selling it again. A group of local citizens from Roskilde formed an association, L. A. Ring's Cenner, with the intention of turning it into a visitor center. It was subsequently acquired by Winnie Liljeborg and put through a renovation. The visitor center opened in 2017.[5]
