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Gladstone Museum

16 December 2009 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Gladstone is the only complete Victorian pottery factory from the days when coal-burning ovens made the world’s finest bone china. Explore the cobbled yard, with huge bottle kilns and take part in daily workshops. Stoke-on-Trent is world famous for its pottery and no visit to the city would be complete without experiencing this unique Museum. […]

Filed Under: Staffordshire Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

The Geffrye Museum

16 December 2009 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

The Geffrye Museum is one of London’s best-loved museums. It shows the changing style of the English domestic interior in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the present day. Winner of Sandford Award 2007.

Filed Under: London Tagged With: Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Geevor Tin Mine And Heritage Centre

16 December 2009 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

Preserved tin mine and museum. Winner of Sandford Award 2007

Filed Under: Cornwall Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Gainsborough Old Hall

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A little-known gem, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England. Partly brick and partly timber-framed, and mainly later 15th century with Elizabethan additions, it has a kitchen with an enormous fireplace, a noble great hall, and an imposing lodgings tower. Winner of Sandford Award 1988, 1993,2003, 2009

Filed Under: Lincolnshire Tagged With: English Heritage, Houses, Sandford Award Winners

Fountains Abbey And Studley Royal

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Studley Royal, including the ruins of Fountains Abbey, became a World Heritage Site in 1986 for its outstanding 18th Century landscape, 12th Century Abbey, Elizabethan Fountains Hall and Victorian St Mary’s Church which illustrate a variety of significant stages in human history. Winner of Sandford Award 2007.

Filed Under: Yorkshire Tagged With: Cathedrals - Ecclesiastical, Houses, National Trust, Sandford Award Winners

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