Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings
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"Something unusual - a museum of buildings."
Overview
A visit to Avoncroft takes you through nearly 700 years of history. On site are some 25 buildings rescued from destruction and authentically restored on a 18.5 acre rural site. There are 15th and 16th-century timber framed buildings, 18th-century agricultural buildings and a cockpit. There are industrial buildings and a working windmill from the 19th century, and from the 20th a fully furnished pre-fab. Photo credit: chapel & windmill - Andy Marshall.
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Location
Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Stoke Heath, BROMSGROVE, Worcestershire, B60 4JR
About the area
Worcestershire is a county of rolling hills, save for the flat Vale of Evesham in the east and the prominent spine of the Malverns in the west. Nearly all of the land is worked in some way; arable farming predominates – oilseed rape, cereals and potatoes – but there are concentrated areas of specific land uses, such as market gardening and plum growing.
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