Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum 2025
Inside the Old Grammar School is the story of Kingsbridge and the South Hams: how the people of the area lived, worked and played, along with the importance of farming life and the Victorian kitchen.
Contacts
Address: 108 Fore Street Kingsbridge Devon TQ7 1AW
- Telephone: 01548 853 235
- Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
- Website: View website
Open Days & Times
31 Mar-Oct Mon-Fri 1030-1530. Visit website or facebook for more details.
Travel
- By Rail: Ivybridge / 13 miles
Facilities
- Souvenir Shop
- Part disabled access
The museum was opened in 1972 in the old Kingsbridge Grammar School buildings. Mrs Evelyn Northcott persuaded English China Clays Ltd to rescue the derelict building and found a museum to collect and record the social history of the area.
The museum was named after William Cookworthy (1705 – 1780), who was born in Kingsbridge and who developed the first true hard-paste porcelain (“china”).