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The Ancient High House

Greengate Street, Stafford, Staffordshire ST16 2JA, England
Rates
Admission free. Events may be charged, please call for details.
Opening times
Open all year: Tuesday to Saturday, from 10am to 4pm
Telephone
01785 619131
Description
The Ancient High House was built in 1595, this splendid building is one of the finest Tudor buildings in the country and England's largest timber-framed townhouse. Take a fascinating trip through the changing fortunes of the property via superb period room settings. Journey from Elizabethan days, through the Civil War era when King Charles I stayed here, to Victorian times when the building was home to the region's most important families. A museum to Staffordshire's Yeomanry Regiment occupies the top floor.
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