[83156] Great Yarmouth : Elizabethan House - Dutch Glass

Elizabethan House Museum, 4 South Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Built for Benjamin Cowper, merchant, c1596.

Grade l listed.

 

Kitchen.

Dutch Glass, C16 & C17.

Acquired by the National Trust from elsewhere.

 

Home to merchants and prominent locals, over the years the building has seen several changes to its physical shape. Evidence of the developments made by its wealthy inhabitants can be seen throughout the building. Wood panelled rooms, richly decorated ceilings and the imposing stairway all help to tell the story of the Elizabethan House.

 

From 1667 some 14 different families lived in the house. In 1870, it was bought by the Aldred family and remained in their possession until the eldest daughter Mary Aldred bequeathed it to the National Trust.

 

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