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Decorated Plaster Ceilings in Totnes
Heritage Open Day: Totnes Museum is showing a photographic display of some of the elaborate, decorative plaster work ceilings in 16th and 17th century merchants' houses in Fore Street and High Street in Totnes. The Museum archive has photographs of some of the decorated ceilings in the upstairs rooms of these merchants' houses which are not usually on display in the Museum. Decorated ceilings were a status symbol indicative of the wealth of the merchants who owned the houses in the 16th and 17th centuries and were often illuminated and visible from the street below. Several of these ceilings survive today, but most are in private houses so access to them is limited (though you can sometimes see a glimpse if you look up as you walk through the town). The Museum's display is an opportunity to see this fine plasterwork up close and appreciate the skill involved.
Fri 6 Sep:10.30am to 4.00pm; Sat 7 Sep:11am to 3pm; Tues 10 Sep:10.30am to 4.00pm; Fri 13 Sep:10.30am to 4.00pm; Sat 14 Sep:11am to 3.00pm; Sun 15 Sep:11am to 3.00pm; Free Entry.
Totnes Museum, 70 Fore Street, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5RU
Fri 6 Sep to Sun 15 September