Museum
Lawrence House Museum
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Sarah
August 17, 2016
Interesting museum with a good children's section, toys etc and a good garden. Near to Launceston Castle. I think it is free entry but might be worth checking.
Sarah
January 24, 2019
Fine Georgian house built in 1753, located in a street which John Betjeman described as "having the most perfect collection of 18th Century townhouses in Cornwall". Owned by the National Trust and leased to Launceston Town Council, who use it to house the town museum, and as a civic centre. Admission is free but donations are welcomed. www.lawrencehousemuseum.org.uk/about
Fine Georgian house built in 1753, located in a street which John Betjeman described as "having the most perfect collection of 18th Century townhouses in Cornwall". Owned by the National Trust and leased to Launceston Town Council, who use it to house the town museum, and as a civic centre. Admissi…
Jeanette
July 13, 2021
A really interesting visit. See how the first county councils were formed. beautiful gardens and castle walls. intersting dolls and toys. great to get a sense of history
Maurice
August 7, 2019
Housed in a fine Georgian building dating from 1753, in a street John Betjeman described as “having the most perfect collection of 18th century townhouses in Cornwall”, Lawrence House Museum is a real find for visitors to Cornwall. It welcomes many school and other groups during the course of its season, which runs from April to October. Entry is free to all, though donations are always welcome. There is something for everyone at the museum. The collections are housed in themed rooms featuring local history, toys to play with as well as to admire, Launceston’s famous men including John Couch Adams the discoverer of the planet Neptune, a forerunner of the juke box: a working polyphon, powered by clockwork, a rare herbarium: six volumes of over 1,000 pressed plants gathered from the Launceston area between 1881 and the 1920s. and a meticulously crafted 3mm scale model of the Launceston Southern Railway Station. The former drawing room has stunning views over the lovely garden and is used by the town mayor from time to time as his ‘parlour’.
Housed in a fine Georgian building dating from 1753, in a street John Betjeman described as “having the most perfect collection of 18th century townhouses in Cornwall”, Lawrence House Museum is a real find for visitors to Cornwall. It welcomes many school and other groups during the course of its se…
Tracey
February 10, 2019
A really interesting local museum set in a Georgian period house and garden.
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