The Grove Museum of Victorian Life

Over het museum

The house began as a modest cottage called Poplar Grove, which the Liverpool shipping merchant Duncan Gibb bought in 1838 as a summer retreat. He enlarged it into a country house with gardens and farmland, and after retiring from shipping in 1862 he lived there until his death in 1867.

In 1887 his granddaughters Alice and Janet moved in and stayed for almost a century. During those decades the rooms, furniture and household objects changed very little, so the house gives a detailed picture of Victorian and Edwardian domestic life, from the formal reception rooms to the servants' working areas.

Manx National Heritage bought the house, its contents, gardens and land in 1976 and now runs it as a museum. Visitors can see the family portraits and a Broadwood grand piano, a Victorian shower in the carriage shed, the servants' bells in the kitchen, a threshing barn with a horse-drawn mill, a duck pond and a walled garden with views towards North Barrule.

Hoogtepunten

• Period rooms with Victorian portraits, furniture and a Broadwood grand piano
• Duncan Gibb's writing desk
• Servants' bells in the kitchen and a Victorian shower in the carriage shed
• Threshing barn with a horse-drawn threshing mill
• Walled garden, duck pond and Loaghtan sheep
• Honey from the Grove bees, sold in the shop

Vaste collectie

• The Gibb family home: house, outbuildings and gardens – Rooms furnished as lived in by the Gibb family, with servants' areas, a threshing barn, a walled garden and farm animals.

Beheerder

Manx National Heritage

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Adults can add an optional £1.50 voluntary donation at entry. Free entry for Friends of Manx National Heritage members, GO Explore Heritage and GO Platinum Reserve pass holders and a person accompanying a disabled visitor. Holiday and Annual Passes are accepted; they are non-transferable and ID may be requested. Groups of 15 or more paying visitors booked seven days ahead receive a discount.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The house has some steps and cobbled and gravel paths and is only partly accessible to wheelchair users (group visitor guide). A Grove access guide can be downloaded from the Manx National Heritage page.

Kinderen & gezin

Children can ring the servants' bells, feed the ducks, see the Loaghtan sheep, play croquet on the lawn and picnic in the gardens. Under 18s are admitted free.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is on the A9 Andreas Road on the edge of Ramsey, about a 20 to 25 minute walk from the town centre.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop selling honey from the Grove bees; toilets on site.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Bruiloften / trouwceremonies

Weddings and venue hire are offered; see the Manx National Heritage venue hire page.

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