Historic houses · South West England
Tudor House Museum
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Tudor House Museum — building in Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Weymouth · 1.1 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Tudor House Museum, the nearest railway station is Weymouth, located 1.1 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is DT4 8TW. Please note that wheelchair accessibility is limited.
About
Tudor House Museum is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: Grade II listed building. Address: DT4 8TW. Wikidata describes it as: "building in Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.6061°, -2.4532°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Portland Harbour Shore SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Chesil & The Fleet SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Dorset
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Tudor House Museum, often simply known as Tudor House, is an early 17th-century building, which remains a museum and one of the UK's best preserved Tudor buildings. It is in Weymouth, Dorset, close to Brewers Quay and Weymouth Harbour. The house has been a Grade II Listed building since December 1953.
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Background
History
Tudor House, an Elizabethan substantial, three-storey house, was built around 1600, estimated to be between 1603 and 1610 by a merchant who built it as a harbour-side house. Due to the closeness to the harbour, this allowed the trader to moor his boats right outside his home and unload his goods. The house is made of Portland stone ashlar, with a slate roof. During the 1950s, a local architect, Walmsley Lewis, the last of the Trustees and Secretary (1944–1977), acquired the property, undertook extensive restoration, and restored the building to a single dwelling, which he furnished in the style of an early 17th-century home of a middle-class family. In order to furnish it, he travelled all…
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- Coordinates
- 50.6061, -2.4532
- District
- Dorset
- Parish
- Weymouth
- Postcode
- DT4 8TW
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Dorset
- Nearest railway station
- Weymouth — 1.1 km
- Official site
- www.weymouthcivicsociety.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q16902031 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Tudor House Museum, Weymouth (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Tudor House Museum, Weymouth, Dorset.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tudor House Museum?
- Tudor House Museum is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DT4 8TW), in the parish of Weymouth.
- What is Tudor House Museum?
- Tudor House Museum — building in Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK.
- How do I get to Tudor House Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Weymouth, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode DT4 8TW.
- Is Tudor House Museum a listed building?
- Tudor House Museum is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- Is Tudor House Museum a protected site?
- Yes — Tudor House Museum is part of the Portland Harbour Shore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Chesil & The Fleet SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Tudor House Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Weymouth, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DT4 8TW.