The Weaver's House

Tag: black swan terrace

  • Telling the story of the families of the past

    Telling the story of the families of the past

    Our new publication reveals more of the lives of the past residents of The Weaver’s House.

    The Families of Black Swan Terrace delves into the family histories of the house and its surrounding cottages, built in 1455. Volunteer Clare Chamberlain, who herself has a family connection to the house, undertook considerable research to build on the foundations of the previous family history booklet, Who Lived in Black Swan Terrace?

    The Families of Black Swan Terrace includes all the previous knowledge contained in the original, plus a substantial amount of new research, photographs, and reminiscences gathered from various families with links to the terrace. It has been a process of several years to bring it to print, and we will be celebrating its publication at the Open Day on 13th May, during Local and Community History Month. The house and garden will be open from 10am until 4pm. As usual, admission is free and no booking is necessary to enter the site.

    Huge thanks to Carol Hudd who researched and wrote the first booklet, to Clare Chamberlain for the additional research and writing of the new edition, and everyone who has contributed along the journey. We are very grateful for your help.

    Have you seen our plans to bring even more of the terrace’s history to life with a new exhibition space and installation in the garden area? We would love to hear from anyone with a connection to the buildings in the terrace or the court buildings behind – even scraps of information will help to build up the story!

    Please can get in touch with us via history ‘at’ theweavershouse.org (normal email format, just changed the @ to avoid spam!) or drop in at one of the upcoming Open Days.

    Class of 1931, Spon Street School
  • Living in the past? What it’s like to live in Black Swan Terrace, a guest blog.

    Living in the past? What it’s like to live in Black Swan Terrace, a guest blog.

    Charlie moved into the terrace earlier this year and has got involved with taking care of our medieval style garden:
    I moved into one of the flats next to The Weaver’s House recently, and find it absolutely amazing. The fact that it is so quirky and quiet considering where it is within the city is unusual. In the evening and into the night when work permits, I sit in the garden and enjoy the bird song and occasionally see a fox on the prowl.
    a freshly cut lawn
    The recently installed fence panels, thanks to National Lottery funding
    The building itself is very unique and I really enjoy living here, and being allowed to use the gardens to relax in is an absolute treat after a hard day working.
    the garden's vegetable beds
    The medieval style garden
    Along with Tina, the volunteers coordinator, I have been keeping the gardens in check; mowing the lawns and weeding, along with general custodianship of the grounds. I feel privileged to have been allowed to move within a unique community. I have also been researching The Weaver’s House and surrounding areas from the time period; the plants and root vegetables from around the time period in contrast to how we live today, and how times and people evolve, and have found it very interesting.

    Above, some of the gardening that Charlie has been doing recently at the site.

    We are grateful to Charlie for his help in maintaining the garden during the busy growing season, and for supplying the photos.