Selly Manor

Selly Manor
Corner of Maple and Sycamore Roads
Oak Tree Lane
Bournville
Birmingham
B30 2AE
England

Website

www.sellymanormuseum.org.uk

E-mail

sellymanor@bvt.org.uk

Telephone

0121 472 0199

Fax

0121 415 6410

All information is drawn from or provided by the venues themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Selly Manor view
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Selly Manor and Minworth Greaves are two ancient timber-framed manor houses moved to Bournville in the early 20th Century by the chocolate manufacturer George Cadbury. They are two of Birmingham's oldest houses and are beautiful examples of medieval and Tudor architecture, surrounded by an authentic period garden.

Venue Type:

Historic house or home, Museum, Garden, parklands or rural site, Heritage site

 Opening hours

Tues-Fri 1000-1700 All year
Plus Sat Sun & Bank Holiday Mondays 1400-1700
Closed 2 weeks over Christmas and New Year

 Admission charges

Adults £3.50 Concessions £2.50 Children £1 Family £9.50
Educational groups £3.50

Discounts

  • Museums Association

Additional info

Useful box with torches, magnifying glasses, photo album of Selly Manor and further information booklets available.

The old buildings house a fabulous collection of period furniture and domestic objects. It gives a good insight into what life must have been like in such a house.

Collection details

Architecture, Social History, Weapons and War

Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.
Girl carrying a stick

The Great Outdoors

  • 12 August 2014 10am-2:30pm

Come along and build a brilliant den in the Selly Manor garden! Make mud critters and leaf crowns, and a fantastic house for hedgehogs. Please wear old clothes for lots of mucky fun! The workshop will run twice. One session will be held at 10:00 and the other at 13:00. Each session lasts for approximately an hour and a half.

Suitable for

  • 5-6
  • 7-10

Admission

£4.00 per child. Children must be accompanied by an adult, although adults may accompany more than one child.

Website

http://www.sellymanormuseum.org.uk/our-events/childrens-workshop-the-great-outdoors/

Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.

How to Make a Quill Pen

http://www.bvt.org.uk/sellymanor/quill.html

Teacher Resource Packs

http://www.bvt.org.uk/sellymanor/download.html

When you book a group to visit Selly Manor we can provide you with some very useful resources. Teacher resources include: a booklet of ideas and activities to complement a visit; a booklet of typical Tudor games to play; background information for teachers, helpers and parents; and Resource Packs.
"Find out about life along time ago at Selly Manor" is a Key Stage 1 Resource Pack; "The Tudors" is for Key Stage 2; and "Investigating Medieval Life" is for Key Stage 3.

How to obtain

To receive a copy of our resource pack please ask a member of staff when booking. You can contact us by email on sellymanor@bvt.org.uk or by calling 0121 472 0199.

Tudor Life: Ideas and Activities

http://www.bvt.org.uk/sellymanor/ideas_activities.html

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