Our blog post cover everything that happens at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House from the stories discovered about objects and furnishings, to family connections and past residents. You can read about the garden and the plants we grow as well as the volunteering experience we offer to our brilliant team. The majority of the posts are written by volunteers.
My favourite object- William’s desk and the strange tale of the Baker Street Bazaar
Come in through the front door of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House and look to the right. You will find yourself looking into William Gaskell’s study with its large library table positioned in front of original bookshelves and their collection of 19th century books.
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Another historic house – visiting the Watts Gallery – Artists Village
I recently visited the Watts Gallery - Artists Village, primarily to see their wonderful exhibition 'Christina Rossetti : Vision and Verse', but my Elizabeth Gaskell antennae are are always finely tuned and were twitching! In 1891,the Victorian artist George Frederic Watts moved
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Music lessons from Mr Hallé
It's 200 years years since Charles Hallé, who was to become one of the most celebrated conductors on Victorian England ( and who would have an orchestra named after him! ) ,was born in what is now Germany. As a young man he
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Elizabeth Gaskell as muse
The background: the House has been successful in securing funding from the Arts Council for a collaborative programme of arts activities which includes a series of creative writing workshops. Here, Ben Cassidy, who is attending the programme, describes his experience of the
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My Favourite Object – The Chintz
One of my ‘favourite things’ in the house is the chintz used for the curtains and furniture coverings in the Drawing Room. Chintz is a glazed fabric typically printed with flowers on a light background, as ours is. So why have I
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