Museums · South East England
Willis Museum
Willis Museum — Museum in Basingstoke, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Basingstoke · 0.6 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Willis Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Grade II listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "Museum in Basingstoke, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 51.2628°, -1.0870°.
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Heritage listing
The Willis Museum is a local history museum in the Market Place, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. The building, which was formerly known as Basingstoke Town Hall, is a Grade II listed building.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Wessex Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Willis Museum is a local history museum in the Market Place, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. The building, which was formerly known as Basingstoke Town Hall, is a Grade II listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
Since the 14th century a Mote Hall was situated in Market Place, just to the east of Lloyds Bank. The present building, which was designed in the neoclassical style by Lewis Wyatt, was completed in 1835. The building initially had an open arcade around the lower level, which served as a corn exchange and market, but when a new corn exchange was built, just to the north, it was enclosed and repurposed as office space. The larger Basingstoke District Council (renamed Basingstoke and Deane in 1978) built itself a new headquarters incorporating a council chamber in the grounds of Goldings with the new building being completed in 1976, after which the town hall became redundant.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.2628, -1.0870
- County
- Hampshire
- District
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Parish
- Basingstoke and Deane, unparished area
- Postcode
- RG21 7QD
- Parliamentary constituency
- Basingstoke
- Established
- 1835
- Nearest railway station
- Basingstoke — 0.6 km
- Opening
- We 09:00-16:30; Sa 09:00-16:30
- Official site
- friendsofthewillis.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q26524524 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Willis Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The Willis Museum - 'Top of Town' - geograph.org.uk - 772453.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Willis Museum?
- Willis Museum is in Hampshire, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode RG21 7QD), in the parish of Basingstoke and Deane, unparished area.
- When was Willis Museum built?
- Built or established in 1835.
- Who owns Willis Museum?
- Willis Museum is owned by | designation1 =Grade II Listed Building.
- Is Willis Museum a listed building?
- Willis Museum is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- Is Willis Museum a protected site?
- Yes — Willis Museum is part of the North Wessex Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Willis Museum free to visit?
- Yes, Willis Museum is free to enter.