What’s On

  • All
  • Exhibition
  • Family Friendly
  • Performance
  • Readings/Lectures
  • Workshops

Musical Adventures

Wed 23rd Aug

Join us for a musical adventure exploring the sounds of a Victorian household

L’Heure Exquise – A celebration of female composers

Thu 24th Aug

A rarely performed repertoire of exquisite music in the Drawing Room

Lecture : This ’Merikay War’

Wed 20th Sep

Join us for an informal lecture with Dr Simon Rennie.

Victorian Book Group

Thu 21st Sep

The Victorian Book Groups meets every third Thursday. All welcome.

The Home Life of Elizabeth Gaskell – four week course

Thu 28th Sep

Learn the house, the garden, the family and the servants over four weeks.

Plymouth Grove Writing Group

Thu 28th Sep

Our informal creative writing group meets every fourth Thursday. All welcome.

The Home Life of Elizabeth Gaskell – The garden

Thu 5th Oct

Learn about Elizabeth's beloved garden at 84 Plymouth Grove

The Raj & Beyond.

Wed 11th Oct - Wed 6th Dec

Qaisra Shahraz ‘The Concubine and the Slave Catcher’

Wed 11th Oct

We are proud to welcome prize-winning British-Pakistani author Qaisra Shahraz

The Home Life of Elizabeth Gaskell

Thu 12th Oct

Learn about the Gaskell Family in this weeks session

The Home Life of Elizabeth Gaskell

Thu 19th Oct

Learn about the servants who ran the house and cared for the family

English through Creative Writing Course

Wed 1st Nov

Practice your English composition and writing skills in relaxed environment.

Celebrating Charlotte – A Talk from the Brontë Society

Thu 2nd Nov

Join us to discuss the new book & the friendship between Elizabeth & Charlotte. 

Sketching Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

Fri 10th Nov

Learn how to capture special places using pen, pencil & watercolour

Lecture: The comforts of home: domestic well-being in Georgian England

Wed 15th Nov

Join Jon Stobart for a lecture on the comforts of the Georgian home

English Through Creative Writing Course

Wed 15th Nov

Practice your English composition and writing skills in relaxed environment.

English Through Creative Writing Course

Wed 29th Nov

Oractice your English composition and writing skills in a relaxed environoment.

Kettel & Blacke

Sun 3rd Dec

Humorous observations and songs around the piano with this lively duo.

The Gaskell Legacy

A Large Cheerful, airy house, quite out of Manchester smoke.

Charlotte Brontë on visiting the House, 1851