Clare Ancient House Museum

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Clare Ancient House Museum

Clare Ancient House Museum

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Local history and themed exhibitions in 14c Grade 1 Listed Building. Current exhibition; Celebrating Clare.

Clare Suffolk Katılım Temmuz 2014
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Clare Ancient House Museum
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I'm Ela,the volunteer behind the social media for our 2023 24 & 25 Exhibitions. I'm stepping down now due to my roles with other community groups. Thanks to everyone who has read my posts. If you'd like to be our social media manager contact info@clare-ancient-house-museum.co.uk
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The garden of the Ancient House originally extended to Bucks Lane. Samuel Brise bought the property in 1767 & built a billiard room at the end of the garden. This is now the premises of Wayman & Long Solicitors The Ancient House: Past, Present & Future ENDS THIS W/E 12.00-16.00
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What does the *future* of Clare Ancient House Museum look like? Here are some of the thoughts of our Trustees. Please let us know your suggestions so we can do our best to appeal to our local community and visitors to Clare too Open Saturday & Sunday 12.00 - 16.00 FREE entry!
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Landmark Trust restore 'Landmarks'. They turn them into holiday lets & the income pays for the maintenance of the property. LT have leased the Ancient House from Clare Parish Council since 1992. The East side became a holiday let & LT sublets the West side to the museum
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George Dyson was a poulterer who ran his business from the Ancient House during the early 1900s to late 1930s. His invoices featured this engraving. You can see the original invoice in our current exhibition The Ancient House: Past, Present & Future Open this weekend 12.00 -16.00
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3/3 Please email your pargeting video to info@clare-ancient-house-museum.co.uk or put it on a USB stick, and we'll download and return it to you. Any questions? Please ask. Thank you 💖 We're open this weekend 12.00 - 16.00 Free entry!
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2/3 Your videos would become part of our archive but we'd also love to show them here. It can be images only or you could add a bit of narration! Open to all ages 🙂
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1/3 We thought, once again, we'd make pargeting the theme of our weekly post - it's the main focus of our exhibition: The Ancient House: Past, Present & Future It got us thinking 🤔 ... would anyone like to make a short video for us of examples of pargeted buildings in Clare?
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For an annual fee of £8 (£12 for 2 people at same address) our 'Become a Friend' scheme lets you join in with events we organise. On 24 August we've arranged for our Friends to have a guided tour of Flag Fen Cost is £7.50 entrance fee + a donation of your choice to our museum
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A great photo from our archive! From the Goodchild Family collection & kindly given to us. If you've any photos you'd like to donate please email info@clare-ancient-house-museum.co.uk We're open this W/E 12.00-16.00 Visit our exhibition .... while escaping the heat! Free entry
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Clare Ancient House Museum@ClareMuseum·
Visitors can use our Research PC to access the following info: *Transcripts of wills of Clare people *1841, 1851, 1891 Census *Details, histories & images of Clare's listed buildings *Cuttings from local press 1760-1900 *Misc records 1550-1820 Open weekends 12.00-16.00
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In the early 1990s extensive repairs to the Ancient House began. The total cost of the work was estimated at £84,000. This article appeared in Clare Focus, March 1994 *The Ancient House: Past, Present & Future* Open this Saturday & Sunday 12.00 - 16.00 Free entry!
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Our museum opened in 1978. By 1990 the building required a great deal of work & The Landmark Trust stepped in to save it! The East side of the house became a holiday let & the West the museum space we know today The Ancient House: Past, Present & Future weekends 12.00 - 16.00
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⭐ It's National Volunteers Week!! ⭐ In Clare & the surrounding area there's a real variety of volunteering opportunities If you'd like to join our team please get in touch! info@clare-ancient-house-museum.co.uk *The Ancient House: Past, Present & Future* W/E 19/4 - 28/9
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Our 2025 exhibition includes the history of the **Uses and Owners of the Ancient House** We are open this weekend - Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday 12 midday to 4pm clare-ancient-house-museum.co.uk **The Ancient House: Past, Present & Future** 19 April to 28 September
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In 1976 Ann Stainton became the first caretaker (curator) of Clare Ancient House Museum. The whole of the ground floor of the Ancient House would later become (in 1978) our museum. Ann Stainton lived in the flat above with her 2 daughters. We're open Saturday & Sunday 12.00-16.00
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The Ancient House is one of the most photographed buildings in Suffolk & its pargeting is some of the finest in England! We've pargeting tools & stamps on display & a video recording of a pargeter who recently spoke to us about her work Open Bank Holiday Monday 12.00 - 16.00
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Hooray!! **The Ancient House: Past, Present & Future** opens today at 12 midday! And on Easter Sunday at 10.30am on Market Hill you'll hear Clare's Town Crier proclaim our exhibition. Hooray again!! 😃
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Saving The Ancient House from being bought by an American & shipped across the Atlantic 😲 Charles Byford purchased the house in 1929. In 1938 he gave it to Clare Parish Council for a "useful public purpose" Find out what happened before & after in our new exhibition Starts 19/4
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