The smaller of our two museums is part of a unique row of historic 15th century timber framed buildings, nestled under Tewkesbury Abbey. Most of the houses in the row are still lived in but the Merchant's House has been kept in it's original state.
The two storey building has been beautifully restored to show the original construction of a late medieval/early Tudor shop and home.
Here you can see the original oak timber frame, complete with mortice and tenon joints, the wattle and daub walls and the smoke void - not something we would contemplate today.
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Outside we have attempted to recreate a physic garden to complete the picture.
We do have living history days at the Merchant's House, when we transform our beautiful building with the trappings of early Tudor merchants, complete with re-enactors.
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