Red House Museum, Gomersal

Red House
Oxford Road
Gomersal
Near Cleckheaton
West Yorkshire
BD19 4JP
England

Website

www.kirklees.gov.uk/events/venuedetails.asp?vID=7

E-mail

red.house@kirklees.gov.uk

Telephone

01274 335100

Fax

01274 335105

All information is supplied by the venues or providers 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.
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This delightful, red-brick house, built in 1660, was home to the Taylor family who were cloth merchants and manufacturers. Mary Taylor, daughter of the house in the 19th Century, was a close friend of Charlotte Bronte, who visited often, featuring the house as 'Briarmains' in 'Shirley'. Red House still looks very much as it would have in Charlotte's day, each room bringing visitors a step closer to the 1830s.

Venue type

Museum

 Opening hours

Open: Mon-Fri 11.00-17.00, Sat & Sun 12.00-17.00

 Admission charges

Admission free

 General services and facilities
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Braille information and/or interpretation
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Access:
Wheelchair access to "The Secret's Out", "Spen Valley Stories" and the ground floor of Red House. Fully accessible toilets. Stairs to upper floor. Induction loop facilities in the exhibition galleries. Braille plan and room guide.

Red House
Oxford Road
Gomersal
Near Cleckheaton
West Yorkshire
BD19 4JP
England

Website

www.kirklees.gov.uk/events/venuedetails.asp?vID=7

E-mail

red.house@kirklees.gov.uk

Telephone

01274 335100

Fax

01274 335105

All information is supplied by the venues or providers 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.

The award-winning garden, recreated from 19th Century maps of the site, helps to capture the atmosphere of this bygone age. In the more modern setting of 'The Secret's Out' exhibition in the barn, visitors can see items owned and used by the Bronte family and learn all about Charlotte's connection with the Spen Valley and her friendships with Mary Taylor and Ellen Nussey. The new 'Spen Valley Stories' exhibition, housed in the restored cartsheds, relives the 20th Century memories of local people, using a mixture of pictures, mementoes, a user-friendly touchscreen terminal and the latest in audio technology.

Collection details

Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Personalities, Social History

Key artists and exhibits

  • Charlotte Bronte

Red House
Oxford Road
Gomersal
Near Cleckheaton
West Yorkshire
BD19 4JP
England

Website

www.kirklees.gov.uk/events/venuedetails.asp?vID=7

E-mail

red.house@kirklees.gov.uk

Telephone

01274 335100

Fax

01274 335105

All information is supplied by the venues or providers 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.
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