National Trust Woolsthorpe Manor

Website http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-woolsthorpemanor/

Classification Historic Building

DescriptionA small 17th-century manor house in Lincolnshire, birthplace and family home of Sir Isaac Newton.

Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, was the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton on December 25, 1642 (old calendar). At that time it was a yeoman's farmstead, principally rearing sheep (hence the wool reference in the name — thorpe comes from a Danish/Viking word meaning farmstead).

Newton returned here when Cambridge University closed due to the plague, and here he performed many of his most famous experiments, most notably his work on light and optics.

Now in the hands of the National Trust and open to the public from spring to autumn, it is presented as a typical 17th century yeoman's farmhouse (or as near to that as possible, taking into account modern living, health and safety requirements and structural changes that have been made to the house since Newton's time).

New, once private, areas of the house were opened up to the public in 2003, with the old rear steps (that once led up to the hay loft and grain store and often seen in drawings of the period) being rebuilt, and the old walled kitchen garden, to the rear of the house, being restored.
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Position

The Address1 Newton Way, Woolsthorpe By Colsterworth, Grantham, NG33 5NR

Phone01476 860338

DateOct 19, 2006

Contact Name

CategoryEngland > Lincolnshire
England > Rutland > Attractions in Exton

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