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.
William Gaskell and the Unitarian Chapel on Upper Brook Street
The recently restored Unitarian Chapel on Upper Brook Street is an important part of the Gaskell legacy in Manchester, as well as being an important part of Unitarian history as the first purpose built Unitarian chapel in England. The impetus to build the
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About two rather different Elizabeths…
Wightwick Manor, built by Theodore Mander , is a beautiful Aesthetic Style house in the Midlands which houses a remarkable collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings. Most of the collection was put together by Geoffery Mander, who with his second wife Rosalie Glynn
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Dame Mabel Tylecote
William Gaskell’s study is home to a collection of mainly 19th Century books which have reached Elizabeth Gaskell’s House through a variety of purchases and donations. I am currently creating an inventory of these books, which includes a note of any inscriptions
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Conservation Cleaning Training
On Monday morning, a few of our volunteers gathered at the house to learn about preventative conservation. The morning was led by Nettie Cook, a freelance conservationist and specialist on furniture restoration, who has worked extensively with the National Trust, and other
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Finding Elizabeth Gaskell at John Rylands Library
Early in October, a group of volunteers from the House was lucky enough to visit the magnificent John Rylands Library with John Hodgson - Joint Head of Special Collections and Manuscripts and Archives Manager - and to get very close to some
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