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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. However, the main focus on this page is on house museums whose emphasis is the design and presentation of houses and house that celebrate a particular period in architectural history. | 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 houses and house that celebrate a particular period in architectural history. | ||
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Revision as of 13:17, 21 February 2017
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 houses and house that celebrate a particular period in architectural history.
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
Pickford House Derby. http://www.derbymuseums.org/pickfords-house/
The Georgian House, Bristol http://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/georgian-house-museum/
The Regency Town House, Brighton http://www.rth.org.uk
18 Stafford Terrace, 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/
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/