The Ancient House Museum
The Ancient House Museum is a medieval timber-framed building and museum. This one is within Clare’s built-up area. Its status is a Grade I listed building.
Museum in Clare
Inside Clare
The Ancient House Museum is inside Clare’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Grade I listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Clare has 118 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which month to go
May to September are the warmest in Clare, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C.
The Ancient House Museum
It has articles in 2 Wikipedias. Around it, within 15 km, lie 13 more places, Clare Castle (300 m) first on our list.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Grade I listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Clare
- Official site
- clare-ancient-house-museum.co.uk
Finding The Ancient House Museum
The map puts The Ancient House Museum in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Clare’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that list The Ancient House Museum
The 5 towns are led in size by Clare, with 2,278 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Clare
Stoke-by-Clare
Cavendish
Hundon
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where The Ancient House Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clare | It’s in town | 2,278 | 3 |
| Stoke-by-Clare | 2.9 km southwest of it | 239 | 4 |
| Cavendish | 3.4 km east of it | 568 | 4 |
| Hundon | 4.1 km northwest of it | 816 | 3 |
| Ridgewell | 5 km southwest of it | 574 | 4 |
Also near The Ancient House Museum
Within 15 km you can add 3 museums, 2 castles and 2 historic houses.
CastleClare Castle300 m away2
CastleHedingham Castle9.7 km away3
Historic house · National TrustMelford Hall9.7 km away4
Historic houseKentwell Hall9.7 km away5
MuseumColne Valley Railway9.2 km away6
MuseumGainsborough's House11 km away7MuseumMuseumRidgewell Airfield Museum6.2 km away8Art galleryArt galleryHaverhill Arts Centre9.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
The Ancient House Museum: common questions
Where is The Ancient House Museum?
The Ancient House Museum is in Clare, Suffolk, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Ancient House Museum?
Medieval timber-framed building and museum in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit The Ancient House Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Clare, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is The Ancient House Museum a listed building?
Yes: Grade I listed building.
What else is there to see near The Ancient House Museum?
Within 15 km: Clare Castle (300 m), Hedingham Castle (9.7 km), Melford Hall (9.7 km) and Kentwell Hall (9.7 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- The Ancient House Museum: Kognos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clare Castle: Evelyn Simak, https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14840, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hedingham Castle: Agnete, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melford Hall: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kentwell Hall: Achilver, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colne Valley Railway: PeterSkuce, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gainsborough's House: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
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