WATCHET MUSEUM

Located where the Esplanade meets Market Street and occupying the ground floor of Watchet's former Market House is Watchet Market House Museum. The Market House is a two-storied stone building which was constructed during 1819-20 with open arches to the ground floor and an open staircase at its west end to the upper floor, under which was the Court Leet lock-up. The market was held on Saturdays and continued until the 1830s. The ground floor was later converted to a shop and from the 1920s the upper floor was used as a mission church, now known as Holy Cross Chapel... The building is owned by the Wyndham Estate, and when an ironmongery shop ceased trading on the ground floor there in the 1970s it was mainly through the forethought and effort of the late Mr. Leslie Wedlake (first curator), supported by a band of enthusiastic helpers, and aided by the generous help of the late Mr. George Wyndham, that it became the home of the Market House Museum. Mr. George Wyndham opened the Museum in..

Also known as: Watchet Market House Museum

Registration numbers: 275645 (W)

Primary location: Watchet United Kingdom