Totnes Elizabethan House Museum

A 16thC Tudor merchant's house complete with cobbled courtyard and Elizabethan herb garden. Tudor bedroom, Victorian nursery, kitchen and grocer's shop, archaeology rooms. Charles Babbage 'father of the computer' exhibition. Also study centre - service point of the Devon Record Office.

Last entry at 4.30pm. Audio and Visual Guides available. Outpost for Devon Records office in the local archive (study centre) onsite and open all year round on Wednesdays, Fridays and Thursday afternoons.

Please phone the office to see if we are open on Bank Holidays.

Opening Times

2008 - Opening 17 Mar 2008 - 31 Oct 2008

* Open third full week in March to the last full week in October

Tickets Information

Road Directions

Follow street signs to the (preferably long stay) car parks and walk towards the main street. Walk uphill. The museum is just before the East Gate arch on the left hand side and is an unmistakably Tudor building.

Public Transport Directions

By bus alight at The Plains and walk up the main street. The museum is just before tha East Gate arch on the left. From the railway station follow the signs for the town centre. Walk downhill and pass underneath the East Gate Arch. The museum is on the right just beyond and is a typically Tudor building.

 Facilities

Attraction Facilities

• Shop

Provider Preferences

• In town/city centre
• No Smoking Attraction

Accessibility

• Guide Dogs Permitted
• Toilets for Disabled Visitors

Payment Methods

• Approx length of visit - 01:00
• Groups Accepted - Essential to prebook.Booked visits taken at various times both in or out of season subject to other bookings.
• Max group size - 50
• Min group size - 8
• TIC Staff Admitted Free

Establishment Features

• Toilets

Specialist Features

• Marketed towards families

Tours and Demonstrations

• Educational Visits Accepted
• Guided Tours Available for Groups