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File:EmeryWalkersHouse.jpg|Emery Walker’s House, Hammersmith - a Georgian terraced house with a perfectly restored Arts & Crafts Interior and extensive display of photos, documents, furniture and art works relating to Emery Walker and William Morris.  http://www.emerywalker.org.uk/house
File:EmeryWalkersHouse.jpg|Emery Walker’s House, Hammersmith - a Georgian terraced house with a perfectly restored Arts & Crafts Interior and extensive display of photos, documents, furniture and art works relating to Emery Walker and William Morris.  http://www.emerywalker.org.uk/house
File:BackToBacks-Birmingham.jpeg|The Back To Back House Museum, Birmingham. The last servicing examples of a very particular, and ultimately discredited, form of British terraced housing built from the 18th to 19th century.


File:the-tenement-house.jpg|The Tenement House Museum, Glasgow. An authentic time capsule of life in an early 20th-century Glasgow tenement. https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/the-tenement-house
File:the-tenement-house.jpg|The Tenement House Museum, Glasgow. An authentic time capsule of life in an early 20th-century Glasgow tenement. https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/the-tenement-house

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There are many museums around the UK based in houses. Many of these wonderful museums celebrate a particular person or a social issue and we have listed a small number of examples below. There are also museums and visitor attractions made up of complete towns or suburbs, very often the work of a singular visionary individual. Again, there is a selection of these listed below. However, the main focus on this page is on house museums whose emphasis is the design and presentation of a particular style and ones that celebrate a particular period in architectural history. Often called ‘memory museums’, these are historic house museums that contain a collection of the traces of memory of the people who once lived there.

House Museums

  • The late 15th century timber-framed Tudor House & Garden is Southampton’s most important historic building.

    The late 15th century timber-framed Tudor House & Garden is Southampton’s most important historic building.

  • Ordsall Hall, Salford is a formerly moated Tudor mansion, the oldest parts of which were built during the 15th century - http://www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk/culture/ordsall-hall

    Ordsall Hall, Salford is a formerly moated Tudor mansion, the oldest parts of which were built during the 15th century - http://www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk/culture/ordsall-hall

  • The Red Lodge, Bristol, England - an imposing merchants house from the 1580s with original ceils and carved panelling.

    The Red Lodge, Bristol, England - an imposing merchants house from the 1580s with original ceils and carved panelling.

  • Dennis Severs House, London is an intimate portrait of the lives of a family of Huguenot silk-weavers from 1724 to the dawn of the 20th Century- http://www.dennissevershouse.co.uk/

    Dennis Severs House, London is an intimate portrait of the lives of a family of Huguenot silk-weavers from 1724 to the dawn of the 20th Century- http://www.dennissevershouse.co.uk/

  • An elegant Georgian Terrace built in 1719. It was the home of the Ogiers, a Hugenot weaving family before housing a fascinating array of immigrant families through the ages https://www.19princeletstreet.org.uk/about.html

    An elegant Georgian Terrace built in 1719. It was the home of the Ogiers, a Hugenot weaving family before housing a fascinating array of immigrant families through the ages https://www.19princeletstreet.org.uk/about.html

  • Number 29, Dublin is a Georgian terraced House run by the National Museum of Ireland as a museum of Dublin home life for the period 1790 to 1820. http://www.numbertwentynine.ie

    Number 29, Dublin is a Georgian terraced House run by the National Museum of Ireland as a museum of Dublin home life for the period 1790 to 1820. http://www.numbertwentynine.ie

  • Pickford House, Derby - the family home of Georgian architect Joseph Pickford illustrating aspects of domestic life from the 18th to the 20th centuries http://www.derbymuseums.org/pickfords-house/

    Pickford House, Derby - the family home of Georgian architect Joseph Pickford illustrating aspects of domestic life from the 18th to the 20th centuries http://www.derbymuseums.org/pickfords-house/

  • The Georgian House, Bristol built in 1790 for John Pinney, slave plantation owner and sugar merchant. It was also where the enslaved man of African descent, Pero Jones lived. ‪http://bit.ly/2CsUUrg‬

    The Georgian House, Bristol built in 1790 for John Pinney, slave plantation owner and sugar merchant. It was also where the enslaved man of African descent, Pero Jones lived. ‪http://bit.ly/2CsUUrg‬

  • Number 1 Royal Crescent, Bath was the first of the Royal Crescent Houses to be built and is a museum to ‘fashionable English 18C living’. https://no1royalcrescent.org.uk

    Number 1 Royal Crescent, Bath was the first of the Royal Crescent Houses to be built and is a museum to ‘fashionable English 18C living’. https://no1royalcrescent.org.uk

  • The Regency Town House, Brighton is a Grade I listed terraced house from the mid-1820s. It celebrates the architecture and social history of Brighton & Hove between 1780 and 1850. http://www.rth.co.uk

    The Regency Town House, Brighton is a Grade I listed terraced house from the mid-1820s. It celebrates the architecture and social history of Brighton & Hove between 1780 and 1850. http://www.rth.co.uk

  • 18 Stafford Terrace was the home of Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne. It provides a rare example of what was known as an 'Aesthetic interior' or 'House Beautiful' style. http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/18staffordterrace1.aspx

    18 Stafford Terrace was the home of Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne. It provides a rare example of what was known as an 'Aesthetic interior' or 'House Beautiful' style. http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/18staffordterrace1.aspx

  • Leighton House is the former home of the Victorian artist Frederic, Lord Leighton. The only purpose-built studio-house open to the public in the United Kingdom, it is one of the most remarkable buildings of the nineteenth century, http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/leightonhousemuseum1.aspx

    Leighton House is the former home of the Victorian artist Frederic, Lord Leighton. The only purpose-built studio-house open to the public in the United Kingdom, it is one of the most remarkable buildings of the nineteenth century, http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/leightonhousemuseum1.aspx

  • ‪ ‘Mr Straw’s House’ Blythe Grove, Worksop - a perfectly preserved 1920’s semi-detached owned by a local grocer’s family. Treasured possessions and ordinary domestic items exactly where their owners left them. #HouseMuseums ‬http://bit.ly/2qSdPm1‬

    ‪ ‘Mr Straw’s House’ Blythe Grove, Worksop - a perfectly preserved 1920’s semi-detached owned by a local grocer’s family. Treasured possessions and ordinary domestic items exactly where their owners left them. #HouseMuseums ‬http://bit.ly/2qSdPm1‬

  • The Locksmith's House at the Black Country Living Museum recreates the home of the Hodson family of lock makers from a century ago [1]

    The Locksmith's House at the Black Country Living Museum recreates the home of the Hodson family of lock makers from a century ago [1]

  • Sudley House, Liverpool - a Victorian corn merchant's house from the early 19C with period features & furniture, and its the merchant’s art collection still hung in its original location. bit.ly/2EsCjtF

    Sudley House, Liverpool - a Victorian corn merchant's house from the early 19C with period features & furniture, and its the merchant’s art collection still hung in its original location. bit.ly/2EsCjtF

  • Emery Walker’s House, Hammersmith - a Georgian terraced house with a perfectly restored Arts & Crafts Interior and extensive display of photos, documents, furniture and art works relating to Emery Walker and William Morris. http://www.emerywalker.org.uk/house

    Emery Walker’s House, Hammersmith - a Georgian terraced house with a perfectly restored Arts & Crafts Interior and extensive display of photos, documents, furniture and art works relating to Emery Walker and William Morris. http://www.emerywalker.org.uk/house

  • The Back To Back House Museum, Birmingham. The last servicing examples of a very particular, and ultimately discredited, form of British terraced housing built from the 18th to 19th century.

    The Back To Back House Museum, Birmingham. The last servicing examples of a very particular, and ultimately discredited, form of British terraced housing built from the 18th to 19th century.

  • The Tenement House Museum, Glasgow. An authentic time capsule of life in an early 20th-century Glasgow tenement. https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/the-tenement-house

    The Tenement House Museum, Glasgow. An authentic time capsule of life in an early 20th-century Glasgow tenement. https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/the-tenement-house

  • House for an Art Lover - a recent recreation of a previously unbuilt competition entry by Charles Rennie Macintosh http://bit.ly/2C5iI1b

    House for an Art Lover - a recent recreation of a previously unbuilt competition entry by Charles Rennie Macintosh http://bit.ly/2C5iI1b

  • 78 Derngate - a Grade II* Georgian house in the Cultural Quarter of Northampton, remodelled by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1916.https://www.78derngate.org.uk/

    78 Derngate - a Grade II* Georgian house in the Cultural Quarter of Northampton, remodelled by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1916.https://www.78derngate.org.uk/

  • 2 Willow Road, Hampstead, London - t he only Modernist house in London that's open to the public and the former home of Trellick Tower architect Erno Goldfinger.,

    2 Willow Road, Hampstead, London - t he only Modernist house in London that's open to the public and the former home of Trellick Tower architect Erno Goldfinger.,

Historic Towns & Villages

  • Weald & Down Museum, West Sussex http://www.wealddown.co.uk/

    Weald & Down Museum, West Sussex http://www.wealddown.co.uk/

  • Saltaire Victorian utopian workers village built by entrepreneur Sir Titus Salt in the 1850s http://www.saltairevillage.info/

    Saltaire Victorian utopian workers village built by entrepreneur Sir Titus Salt in the 1850s http://www.saltairevillage.info/

  • Bournville Model Workers Village, Birmingham - built by George and John Cadbury to house and improve the lives of workers at their chocolate factory.

    Bournville Model Workers Village, Birmingham - built by George and John Cadbury to house and improve the lives of workers at their chocolate factory.

  • Port Sunlight on the Wirral, Merseyside. Built from 1888 by Lever Brothers to accommodate workers in its soap factory (now part of Unilever)

    Port Sunlight on the Wirral, Merseyside. Built from 1888 by Lever Brothers to accommodate workers in its soap factory (now part of Unilever)

  • Bata Houses on the Bata Estate, East Tilsbury build by Czech shoe entrepreneur Tomáš Bata in the 1930s.

    Bata Houses on the Bata Estate, East Tilsbury build by Czech shoe entrepreneur Tomáš Bata in the 1930s.

  • Silver End, Braintree, Essex. Built for their workers by the Crittall Windows company.

    Silver End, Braintree, Essex. Built for their workers by the Crittall Windows company.

Historic Houses Commemorating People

At Chimni we are mainly focussed on house history, architecture and building styles, so our focus in this section is on house museums that celebrate and explain different periods of house building. However, dotted around the country are a series of wonderful house museums celebrating famous people and their work. We have listed some of our favourites below:

Sir John Soane Museum - http://www.soane.org/

Cowper Newton Museum https://cowperandnewtonmuseum.org.uk/

Dickens Museum - https://dickensmuseum.com/

Dylan Thomas' Boat House http://www.dylanthomasboathouse.com/

Dr Jenner's House - http://www.jennermuseum.com/

Jane Austen's House - http://www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk/about/about.htm

The Brontë's Parsonage, Haworth, West Yorks. https://www.bronte.org.uk/about-us

Robert Burns House -http://www.burnsmuseum.org.uk/

Virginia Woolf's 'Monks House' - http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/monks-house/

Winston Churchill's 'Chartwell' http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chartwell/

Benjamin Franklin House. http://www.benjaminfranklinhouse.org/site/sections/default.htm

JM Turner's House - Sandycome. http://turnershouse.org/

Oscar Wilde's House - 21 Westland Row, Dublin http://www.tcd.ie/OWC/history/westland.php

Dr Johnson's House - http://www.drjohnsonshouse.org/

John Milton's Cottage. http://www.miltonscottage.org

Darwin's home at Down House http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/home-of-charles-darwin-down-house/prices-and-opening-times

Richard Jeffries Museum in Swindon http://www.richardjefferies.org/

See Also In Chimni

Chimni Wiki Page: House History Books

Chimni Wiki Page: House History Projects

Chimni Wiki Page: House History Categorisation

References

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