The House

Plymouth


Bijou performance space run by Plymouth University, which showcases work by emerging writers and performers, and dance pieces.


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1. City Museum & Art Gallery

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2. Merchant's House

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It's worth checking whether this fine half-timbered building has re-opened after essential repairs. The largest 17th-century house in Plymouth, it's…

3. Elizabethan Mural

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Now severely faded, the vast painting covering an entire side of a three-storey house was created by Robert Lenkiewicz (1941–2002; www.robertlenkiewicz…

4. Plymouth Gin Distillery

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5. Island House

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6. Plymouth Fish Market

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7. Mayflower Museum

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8. Barbican

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