Liz Bennett, has had great success reinventing Barton’s old Rope Walk as an arts centre has now taken on a revival of Baysgarth House after if stopped being a council museum and offices. The house is being carefully restored in a historically informed way and will eventually reopen to the public. During our tour we were shown the beautiful Georgian panelled room on the first floor, together with numerous spaces in the process of restoration.
The south front of Baysgarth House after restoration work.
The panelled room in Baysgarth House.
After lunch we were given a tour of Barton, including St Mary’s Church, finishing at the Wilderspin National School Museum, which features classrooms furnished to represent different periods in education from the late Victorian to the twentieth century.
Wilderspin National School Museum
New Hall, Barton upon Humber.
Georgian Houses on Burgate, Barton-upon-Humber.
Interior of St Mary’s Church, Barton upon Humber.
Interior of the Victorian classroom at the Wilderspin National School Museum.
Interior of the old Primitive Methodist Chapel now part of the Wilderspin Museum.