Historic House Museums

House Museums

The Locksmiths House, Walsall, West Midlands - http://www.bclm.co.uk/locations/the-locksmiths-house/440.htm#.VKg8o3vkiYB

Ordsall Hall, Salford - http://www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk/culture/ordsall-hall

Dennis Severs House, London - http://www.dennissevershouse.co.uk/

Number 29, Dublin http://www.esb.ie/main/about-esb/numbertwentynine/default.htm

21 Westland Row, Dublin http://www.tcd.ie/OWC/history/westland.php

The Georgian House, Bristol http://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/georgian-house-museum/

18 Stafford Terace, London. http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/18staffordterrace1.aspx

Leighton House, London http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/museums/leightonhousemuseum1.aspx

Mr Straw's House - Worksop http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/mr-straws-house/

Sudley Victorian House, Liverpool http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/sudley/

Historic Towns & Villages

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

Saltaire http://www.saltairevillage.info/

Bourneville

Port Sunlight

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/

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

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/

House History