Medieval Merchant’s House
The Medieval Merchant's House is a restored late-13th-century building in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Built in about 1290 by John Fortin, a prosperous merchant, the house survived many centuries of domestic and commercial use largely intact.Photo: Tim Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in Southampton, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “58 French Street” and “Medieval Merchants House”
- Address: 58 French Street, Southampton, SO14 2AT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tudor House and Garden and St Joseph’s Church, Southampton.
Tudor House and Garden
Museum
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY 2.0.
Tudor House and Garden is a historic building, museum, tourist attraction, and Grade I listed building in Southampton, England. Established as Southampton's first museum in 1912, the house was closed for nine years between 2002 and 2011 during an extensive renovation. Tudor House and Garden is situated 380 feet northwest of Medieval Merchant’s House.
St Joseph’s Church, Southampton
Church
Photo: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Southampton, Hampshire. It is situated on Bugle Street, in the centre of the city, north of Town Quay.
St Michael’s Church
Church
Photo: Richard Nevell (WMUK), CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Michael the Archangel Church is the oldest building still in use in the city of Southampton, England, founded in 1070. It is the only church still active of the five originally in the medieval walled town. The church is a Grade I listed building. St Michael’s Church is situated 370 feet north of Medieval Merchant’s House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Mary’s and Northam.
St Mary’s
Suburb
St Mary's is an inner city area of Southampton in England. It consists of two areas separated by Six Dials junction. The northern section of the district is bounded by St Mary's Road and some streets to the west and the area to the east is Nicholstown-Newtown.
Northam
Suburb
Northam is a suburb of Southampton in Hampshire. On the West bank of the River Itchen, it shares borders with St Mary's, Bitterne and Bevois Valley. Beside the border with St Mary's is the Chapel area, which has been home to some recent apartment building developments in Northam.
Freemantle
Suburb
Freemantle is a suburb and electoral ward in Southampton, England. There are similarly named places in Hampshire: notably Henry II's hunting lodge in Kingsclere; an area near Hannington; and Freemantle Common in Bitterne.
Medieval Merchant’s House
- Categories: historic house museum, house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.89858° or 50° 53′ 55″ northLongitude
-1.40535° or 1° 24′ 19″ westOperator
English HeritageOpen location code
9C2WVHXV+CVOpenStreetMap ID
way 184117645OpenStreetMap feature
building=houseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6806828
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Indonesian—“Medieval Merchant’s House” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “中世紀商人別墅”
- German: “Medieval Merchant’s House”
- Indonesian: “Rumah Pedagang Abad Pertengahan”
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