Kelmscott Manor Review

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Kelmscott Manor

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Behind its dignified 16th- and 17th-century exterior, limestone Kelmscott Manor was, in its Victorian heyday, a site of social unrest as well as domestic disarray. Here, artist, writer, and socialist William Morris (1834-96) launched his anti-industrial Arts and Crafts movement. His wife, Jane, openly cohabited with her lover, the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82), Morris's business partner. Today the house displays textiles, furniture, and ceramics by Morris and his associates. Morris died at Kelmscott and is buried in the local churchyard.

  • Cost: £8.50, garden £2
  • Open: Apr.-Sept., Wed. 11-1 and 2-5; Apr.-June and Sept., 3rd Sat. 2-5; July and Aug., 1st and 3rd Sat. 2-5
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