Historic House Museums

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/

Bourneville

Port Sunlight

Silver End

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/

See Also In Chimni

Chimni Wiki Page: House History Books

Chimni Wiki Page: House History Projects

Chimni Wiki Page: House History Categorisation

Chimni Wiki Page: Historic House Museums