Clare Ancient House Museum.

Clare Ancient House is a Grade I Listed Building, and is recognised as having national importance. The East wing, on the High Street, is believed to date from the 14th century, and the more heavily decorated West wing may have been built in 1473, the date which appears in the plasterwork of the house. It is first mentioned in a will of 1502, which refers to the new and the old parts.

It was given to the town in 1938 by Charles Byford, to be put to a useful public purpose. In 1979, a museum was established here. Subsequently with the help of grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund and from St Edmundsbury District Council, it was entirely re-designed, and re-opened in 1999.

Opening Hours for 2010
Thursdays, Friday and Sundays 2 - 5pm; Saturdays and Bank Holidays 11.30am - 5pm.
1st - 5th April & 29th April through to 2nd October.

Entrance Fee
£1.00 for each adult and child of 16 years and over.
Free for children up to 16 years old and Friends of the museum.

We regret there is no wheel chair access.