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The creation of this website was supported by Welsh Government.
Explore the fascinating world of the Victorian judges at this award-winning historic house.
To stink or not to stink
It takes 25 trips up and down our 41 stairs to bring the water from the basement water pump to fill the Judge's Bath (we know, we've tried it). Let's hope the judges liked to be stinky - poor maid!
If you liked that fact, why not check out these:
- There's nothing like a nice private shower!
- How did Victorians try out a new invention?
- Stage strangeness
- Lazy Keufs
- The last ducking stool to be used in England
- Would you wee in your dining room?
- Victorian ladies' knickers had no middle
- Now that's what we call a cake!
- What did Victoria do first
- Inexpressibles
News
- Museum Celebrates Welsh Government Support
Press Release The Judge’s Lodging may have seemed a - Museum mourns loss of great actor and friend
PRESS RELEASE: The Judge’s Lodging museum, the award-winning historic
Forthcoming Events
- 01/04/18
to 22/12/18
Stapleton Castle Tours - 04/05/18
to 18/08/18
Circumstantial Evidence - 21/07/18
to 30/09/18
Pop-Up Welsh Tearoom - 21/07/18
to 02/09/18
The Judge Wants His Dinner! - 25/08/18
to 11/11/18
To the Families, One Coin 2018 - 30/11/18
Ghost Stories for Christmas
Strange But True
- Would you wee in your dining room?
Victorian gentlemen did! Some dining rooms (like ours) had a special cupboard to house a chamber pot so all the gentlemen could go for a wee without leaving the table (once the ladies had left the room, of course!).
Historical Handy Hints
- Creaking hinges
A bit of soap rubbed on the hinges - To take mildew out of linen
Take soap and rub it well, then scrape - To promote the growth of hair
Ingredients - equal quantities of olive-oil and spirit
Recipes
- Coffee
To make Coffee, by a simple and good - Cook books we like to use
Don't be put off by these books being - To Make Caraway Brandy
Steep an ounce of caraway-seeds and six ounces
