Beatrix Potter Gallery
| Beatrix Potter Gallery | |
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National Trust | |
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 Beatrix Potter Gallery | |
| Grid reference: | SD35229819 |
| Location: | 54°22’30"N, 2°59’56"W |
| Built 17th century | |
| Information | |
| Website: | Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead |
The Beatrix Potter Gallery is a 17th-century stone-built house in Hawkshead amongst the Furness Fells of Lancashire, which is open as an art gallery and museum, owned and run by the National Trust. It is dedicated to presenting original book illustrations by Beatrix Potter, whose Lakeland farm, Hill Top, is a few miles from here in Near Sawrey, and also owned by the National Trust.
On display are original sketches and watercolours painted by Potter for her children's stories as well as artefacts and information relating to her life and work. The display changes annually.
The building itself is of the 17th-century and is Grade II listed. It was at one time the law office of Potter's husband, William Heelis.[1] The building's interior remains substantially unaltered.
See also
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Beatrix Potter Gallery) |
- Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead - information at the National Trust]
References
- ↑ Former solicitor's office, Hawkshead - British Listed Buildings