John Clare Cottage is a cottage and literary museum in Helpston, Peterborough, United Kingdom. The cottage was the birthplace of English poet John Clare (1793-1864).
The thatched Grade II* cottage[1] at 12 Woodgate, Helpston, originally consisted of five smaller tenement buildings, that were joined into a single structure at a later date.[2]
The cottage was bought by the John Clare Trust in 2005.[3] In May 2007, the Trust gained £1.27 million of funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund[4] and commissioned Jefferson Sheard Architects to create a new landscape design and Visitor Centre, including a cafe, shop and exhibition space. The Cottage was restored using traditional building methods and is open to the public.
In 2013 the John Clare Trust received a further grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help preserve the building[5] and provide educational activities for young people visiting the cottage.[6]
The garden behind the cottage is maintained by volunteers, and planted with varieties which would have been seen in Clare's time.[3]
^www.philbegnett.com (30 March 2008). "Renovation of John Clare Cottage". Youtube. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^ ab"Home". Clare cottage. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^Caines, Matthew (7 May 2013). "Arts head: Sara Blair-Manning, the John Clare Trust and Cottage". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^"Buildings given £1m lottery funding". BBC News. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
^Stephen Briggs, "Peterborough heritage sites gets big lottery boost", Peterborough Telegraph, 13 June 2013.
^. Fens Museums Partnership. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
External linksEdit
Garden at John Clare Cottage
John Clare cottage garden archaeological work
October 20, 2023
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